Ambassador Baltimore Visits the Maritime Archaeological Project in Qalhat
March 18, 2003
The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation Project for 2002-2003

Sarah Jackson, the Embassy's special programs coordinator, and Ambassador Baltimore look on as Tom Vosmer, director of the maritime archaeological project in Qalhat, describes a recently discovered archeological site. The dig revealed a Turkish-style bath or "hammam" dating back to the 13th-15th a.d. centuries.

This hammam is the only structure of its kind found in Oman.

A stone well that was also found adjacent to the "hammam."


Ambassador Baltimore and Tom Vosmer ambling through the rocky location, finding many pieces of Chinese celadon and ancient Arabian pottery.


Tom Vosmer offers a detailed explanation of the Iron Age grave found the morning of the Ambassador's visit.



Above: Some pieces of bones from the skeleton that was found in the iron age grave.

Right: Archaeologist Luca Belfioretti discovers a skeleton in the iron age grave.


Above: Tom Vosmer, Ambassador Baltimore and project team member Eric Staples, return from diving in the Arabian Sea, seeking underwater treasures in the vicinity of the archeological site in Qalhat.