Dilmun Burial Mounds
- States
- Bahrain
- Category
- Cultural
- Year
- 2019
- Region
- Arab States
- Coordinates
- 26.1497222222, 50.5127777778
- Last Visited
- 2025
- UNESCO ID
- 1542
- WH Site
- 1542
The Dilmun Burial Mounds, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Bahrain, recognized in 2019, are a vast necropolis of over 11,000 ancient tombs dating from 2050 to 1750 BCE, linked to the Bronze Age Dilmun civilization. These beehive-shaped, stone-built mounds, scattered across fields, reflect a sophisticated funerary tradition tied to Bahrain’s role as a thriving trade hub in the Persian Gulf. Offering insight into Dilmun’s social structure and beliefs, this archaeological landscape preserves a key chapter of the region’s early history and cultural identity.
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Points (21)
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• A’ali East Burial Mound Field
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• A’ali West Burial Mound Field
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• Janabiyah
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• Madinat Hamad 1 Burial Mound Field (Buri)
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• Madinat Hamad 2 Burial Mound Field (Karzakkan)
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• Madinat Hamad 3 Burial Mound Field (Dar Kulayb)
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• Pair of Royal Mound 13 and 14
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• Pair of Royal Mounds 11 and 12
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• Royal Mound 1
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• Royal Mound 10
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• Royal Mound 15
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• Royal Mound 16
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• Royal Mound 17
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• Royal Mound 2
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• Royal Mound 3
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• Royal Mound 4
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• Royal Mound 5
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• Royal Mound 6
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• Royal Mound 7
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• Royal Mound 8
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• Royal Mound 9