The Bahrain National Museum in Manama can be easy to miss when driving down the highway. The exit creeps to the right suddenly, so be wary of the sign. But the museum, marked by stone sculptures of ...

SAAR, Bahrain (AP) - More than 4,000 years ago, Dilmun merchants traveled from Mesopotamia to the Indus River, titans of trade and culture before rise of the empires of the Persians or the Ottomans ...

My recent visit to one of Manama’s must-see attractions began in disappointment, as I arrived at the Bahrain Fort only to find the hulking ancient structure closed to visitors. Also referred to as Qal ...

Copenhagen, Sep. 6 (BNA): The main auditorium of Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus, Denmark, hosted a symposium entitled "Trade Routes and Cities of Dilmun: Exploring How Bahrain Shaped the Ancient World." ...

The discovery was made in collaboration with a joint Kuwaiti-Danish archaeological team from Moesgaard Museum. Acting Assistant Secretary-General for the Antiquities and Museums Sector at NCCAL, ...

The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a serial property formed by 21 archaeological sites located in the western part of the island of Bahrain. Six of the selected site components are burial mound fields ...

This year, for its 42nd session, the World Heritage Committee is hosted by Bahrain in its capital city of Manama. Bahrain has long dedicated its support to the World Heritage Convention, and already ...

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