Dilmun Burial Mounds - Wikipedia
The Dilmun Burial Mounds (Arabic: مدافن دلمون, romanized: Madāfin Dilmūn) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] comprising necropolis areas on the main island of Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun and the Umm al-Nar culture.
The Dilmun Burial Mounds - culture.gov.bh
The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a serial property formed by 21 archaeological sites located in the western part of the island of Bahrain. Six of the selected site components are burial mound fields consisting of some dozen to several thousand tumuli.
Dilmun - Wikipedia
Around this time, the largest royal burial mounds were erected. [27] From about 1780 BC came several Akkadian-language inscriptions on stone vessels naming two kings of Dilmun, King Yagli-El (and Amoritic name) and his father, Rimum. The inscriptions were found in huge tumuli, evidently the burial places of these kings.
Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities - Kingdom of ...
The Dilmun Burial Mounds represent unique sepulchral testimony to the Early Dilmun civilization over a period of about 300 years. As remains of settlements are scarce and buried under thick layers of soil, the Dilmun Burial Mounds are the most extensive and most apparent evidence of the Early Dilmun culture.
Dilmun Burial Mounds - Atlas Obscura
2024年5月7日 · Built between 2200 and 1750 B.C., these burial sites offer a glimpse into the beliefs and customs of the Dilmun civilization, which flourished in the region during the Bronze Age. In total, there...
What Exactly Are Bahrain's Dilmun Burial Mounds? - afikra
2024年5月21日 · What are the Dilmun Burial Mounds? How are they structured? Where are they located. Zeina Alkhaja writes an archaeological and cultural history of these mounds that define much of Bahrain's landscape.
Sands of time: the Dilmun burial mounds of Bahrain
2024年9月10日 · The Dilmun burial mounds are both a human‑made landscape of historical value, and a 4,000‑year‑old eroded geology. Although not entirely natural, they constitute one of the few remaining pockets of untouched landscape in an …
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