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🏛️ Dilmun Burial Mounds

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🏛️ Dilmun Burial Mounds
Royal Mound 4 — UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 03:50

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📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site located in A'ali village, Bahrain
  • Contains thousands of burial mounds dating to 3rd–1st millennia BC
  • Royal Mound 4 is a rare two-story structure, indicating elite status
  • Site reveals social hierarchy, burial rituals, and trade networks of ancient Dilmun civilization

Royal Mound 4 is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Dilmun Burial Mounds," located in the village ...

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