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Dilmun Burial Mounds

c. 2050–1750 BCE · 21st century BCE

The Dilmun Burial Mounds are the tens of thousands of earth and stone tumuli built across northern Bahrain mainly between about 2050 and 1750 BCE, in the Early Dilmun period. They range from small individual graves to large royal tombs at A'ali. Many have been lost to modern building, and twenty-one archaeological sites were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

Dilmun Burial Mounds
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dilmun Burial Mounds. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dilmun-burial-mounds
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“Dilmun Burial Mounds.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dilmun-burial-mounds. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Dilmun Burial Mounds.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dilmun-burial-mounds.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Dilmun Burial Mounds’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dilmun-burial-mounds (Accessed: ).

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