Situated in Bahrain, the Dilmun Burial Mounds were built between 2200 and 1750 BCE. Spanning 21 archaeological sites, the property contains six burial mound fields, each consisting of a dozen to several thousand tumuli (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave). In total, there are 11,774 burial mounds in Dilmun. These were originally in the form of low cylindrical towers.
The remaining 15 sites include 17 royal mounds, constructed as two-storeyed sepulchral towers.
These mounds bear testimony to the existence of the Early Dilmun civilisation around the 2nd millennium BCE. This is also the time when Bahrain became a trade hub.
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