United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris

World Heritage Centre, Paris

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties, Rome

International Council on Monuments and Sites, Paris

Art Conservation Research Center of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

School of Architecture of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.

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Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage, Department of Museums & Antiquities, 2003.

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Batouny, K.H. Ecology and Flora of Qatar. Doha: University of Qatar, 1981.

Bulloch, J. A Portrait of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the U.A.E . Post Falls : Century Publishing, 1984.

Collas, E.; Taylor A. Gulf Landscapes. Dubai: Motivate Publishing, 1992.

De Cardi, B.; et al. Qatar Archaeological Report: Excavations 1973. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Danson, J. Spices and frankincense in the Arabian peninsula. Dubai: Motivate publishing, 1985.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Qatar. Doha: Department of Information & Researches, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2000.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Qatar in the history. Doha: Department of Information & Researches, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2005.

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Edens, C. Khor Ile-Sud, Qatar: The Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Purple Dye Production in the Arabian Gulf, on “ Iraq”, 61. London: The British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1999.

Fouad, I. Qatar and the Sea. Doha: Qatar National Printing Press, 1997.

Hawkins, D.F. Primitive Rock Carvings in Qatar, on “PSAS, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland”, 17. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1987.

Jongbloed, M. The Living Desert. Dubai: Motivate Publishing, 1988.

Kapel, H. Atlas of the Stone-Age Cultures of Qatar. Moesgard: Jutland Archaeological Society, 1967.

National Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage, Department of Museums & Antiquities, 2003. Survey of old buildings in the State of Qatar. Doha: National Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage, Department of Museums & Antiquities, 2005.

Taha, M. Qatar in Prehistoric Times. Doha : National Council for Culture, Arts & Heritage, Department of Museums & Antiquities, 2003.

Tixier, J.; et al. Mission Archéologique Française à Qatar, Tome 1. Doha: Ministry of Information, 1980.

Tixier, J.; et al. Mission Archéologique Française à Qatar, Tome 2, Doha: Ministry of Information, 1988.

Vine, P. The heritage of Qatar. London: Immel Publishing, 1992.

Ravindran, C. P. et al. Qatar. Doha: GEM Advertising and Publications: 2002.

Rice, M. The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf. Florence: Routledge, 1994.

Zahlan, R. S. The creation of Qatar. London: Croom Helm, 1978.