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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 11560033" data-attributes="member: 218596">Two mosques and pre-Islamic fort uncovered in Asir province                                                                         <img src="http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article542860.ece/REPRESENTATIONS/large_620x350/mosque.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                                                                                                                                         RIYADH: A pre-Islamic era fort and foundations of  two mosques have been discovered by a Saudi Commission for Tourism and  Antiquities (SCTA) team during an exploration at the historical town of  Jursh in Asir province.              The two mosques are of the early  Islamic period and have been built one over the other. The mosques were  built on top of the fort.Jursh played a major role in  civilization as it was located on the trade route between the north and  south of the Arabian Peninsula. The pre-Islamic town was ruled by the  Awasij tribe of the Kingdom of Himyar (115 BC – 525 AD) in ancient  Yemen.A report about Jursh’s historic location presented by Awad  Al-Zahrani, director general of museums at the SCTA, states that the  team discovered ceramic utensils that belonged to various pre-Islamic  periods. In the lower layers of the site, the team found jars, bowls and  medium-size cups made of hard, porous, red clay and with patterns.According  to the report, the pottery was made on a potter’s wheel. Its patterns  are more decorous than the discoveries found in the groove area in  Najran.The team also found pottery used for cooking and drinking  from the Islamic period in the northeastern and middle parts of the  location.This pottery was made of gray clay, porous with fragments of sandy stones, medium hard and painted in red ocher.Other  utensils made of colored glass were found, decorated with fish and  flower patterns. The report related the discoveries to a period between  the second and third Hijri century.The late Islamic period's discoveries in the southern parts of the location include cooking utensils, pots and cooking stoves.Some tools made of bronze were found at the site as well, including a coin with no clear details.At  the western wall of the symmetrical Jursh fort researchers found a  drawing of a bull fighting a lion and prominent writings of the names of  the animals.In the year 1402 Hijri (1981), the location was  registered and an exploratory probe was made to scan the southern part  of the Kingdom. In 2008, a Saudi-American team started exploration work  in the location in accordance with an agreement with the antiquities and  measures sector.Another search was conducted in 2009. This time,  the focus was on uncovering the northern and eastern walls as well as  the inner part of the Jursh wall.<a href="http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article542555.ece" target="_blank">http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article542555.ece</a></blockquote>

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