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⚱️ Dilmun Burial Mounds

Archaeology & Antiquity Bahrain Asia

⚱️ Dilmun Burial Mounds
Ancient royal tombs of the Bronze Age Dilmun civilization


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 09:26

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising thousands of burial mounds across western Bahrain
  • Dating to the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, primarily 2050 BC for Royal Mound 1
  • Unique two-story structures built with stacked limestone blocks
  • Evidence of complex Bronze Age society with distinct social hierarchies

The Dilmun Burial Mounds represent one of the Arabian Gulf's most extensive archaeological cemetery complexes, located in the ...

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