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Qal`at al-Bahrain is a typical tell – an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The strata spreads over a 180,000 sq ft (16,723 m 2) area, which encompasses the tell. This testifies to a continuous human presence from about 2300 BC to the 16th century AD.
A Danish group in the 1950s was excavating at Qal'at al-Bahrain, the capital city of the Bronze Age, when they opened some tumuli and discovered items dating to around 4100–3700 BP of the same culture. [6] [7] Many others began to excavate more of the graves, providing a view of the construction and content on these graves. [8] [9]
It has three World Heritage Sites and a further six sites on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was the Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun, in 2005, while the most recent one was the Dilmun Burial Mounds, in 2019. All three sites are listed for their cultural significance.
The Portuguese later consolidated their position of the island by reconstructing the Qal'at al Bahrain fortress, which was to serve as the base for the Portuguese garrison. [56] It is believed that the Portuguese ruled the islands via indirect rule , [ 57 ] with some force, against the inhabitants for eighty years, despite incurring several ...
The following is a list of notable archaeological sites in the country: [2] Ain Umm Sujoor. Barbar Temple. Bu Maher Fort. Dilmun Burial Mounds. Diraz Temple. Khamis Mosque. Qal'at al-Bahrain. Riffa Fort.
The Sealand-Dynasty King Ea-gamil is mentioned in a text found at Qal'at al-Bahrain. Ea-gamil was the last ruler of the Sealand Dynasty. After his reign, Dilmun came under the rule of the Babylonian Kassite dynasty, as they also took over the Sealand Dynasty area. [31]
Arad Fort. Arad Fort (Arabic: قلعة عراد, Qal'at 'Arad) is a 15th-century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, [1] the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to Muharraq Island. Arad Fort was built in the typical style of Islamic forts during the 15th century before the Portuguese invasion of ...
Several tablets dated to the reign of Agum III were found at the Dilmun site of Qal'at al-Bahrain. [13] In total, about 12,000 Kassite period documents have been recovered, of which only around 10% have been published.