Bahrain · Arab States
Dilmun Burial Mounds
The Dilmun Burial Mounds, built between 2200 and 1750 BCE, span over 21 archaeological sites in the western pa
The Story
The Dilmun Burial Mounds, built between 2200 and 1750 BCE, span over 21 archaeological sites in the western part of the island. Six of these sites are burial mound fields consisting of a few dozen to several thousand tumuli. In all there are about 11,774 burial mounds, originally in the form of cylindrical low towers.