Qatar Historical pictures

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Al Wakrah\'s nicely redeveloped beach offers a vast expanse of white sand dotted with palm trees. It’s a great place to relax on weekends.

Enjoy a visit to the national mosque of Qatar, an impressive fort-like structure that welcomes visitors outside of prayer hours. 

A 20th-century fort rises above the excavation site for an 18th-century pearl-diving and trading town buried by the sands of the desert.

One man’s personal collection of artifacts offers fascinating insights into Arab and Qatari culture.

Look for the tall spiral tower of this edutainment center, which offers an inviting place for visitors to learn about Arabic culture and Islamic religion.

A 20th-century fort rises above the excavation site for an 18th-century pearl-diving and trading town buried by the sands of the desert.

A 20th-century fort rises above the excavation site for an 18th-century pearl-diving and trading town buried by the sands of the desert.

Come to this heritage site to view towers built in the early 1900s to protect an oasis and defend against Ottoman attack.

Enjoy a visit to the national mosque of Qatar, an impressive fort-like structure that welcomes visitors outside of prayer hours. 

Enjoy a visit to the national mosque of Qatar, an impressive fort-like structure that welcomes visitors outside of prayer hours. 

Enjoy a visit to the national mosque of Qatar, an impressive fort-like structure that welcomes visitors outside of prayer hours. 

The impressive petroglyphs at this Qatar rock-carving site are a mysterious and mesmerizing site for archaeology buffs.  

Travel west from Doha to see the remains of a fortress built two centuries ago for protection along the western Pirate Coast of Qatar.

Come to this heritage site to view towers built in the early 1900s to protect an oasis and defend against Ottoman attack.

Travel west from Doha to see the remains of a fortress built two centuries ago for protection along the western Pirate Coast of Qatar.

Travel west from Doha to see the remains of a fortress built two centuries ago for protection along the western Pirate Coast of Qatar.

Travel west from Doha to see the remains of a fortress built two centuries ago for protection along the western Pirate Coast of Qatar.

The impressive petroglyphs at this Qatar rock-carving site are a mysterious and mesmerizing site for archaeology buffs.  

The impressive petroglyphs at this Qatar rock-carving site are a mysterious and mesmerizing site for archaeology buffs.  

Come to this heritage site to view towers built in the early 1900s to protect an oasis and defend against Ottoman attack.

Travel west from Doha to see the remains of a fortress built two centuries ago for protection along the western Pirate Coast of Qatar.

One man’s personal collection of artifacts offers fascinating insights into Arab and Qatari culture.

The impressive petroglyphs at this Qatar rock-carving site are a mysterious and mesmerizing site for archaeology buffs.  

The impressive petroglyphs at this Qatar rock-carving site are a mysterious and mesmerizing site for archaeology buffs.