UNESCO WHS - Dilmun Burial Mounds Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie Dilmun Burial Mounds - مدافن دلمون Madinat Hamad 2 Burial Mound Field (Karzakkan) 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. The other 15 sites include 17 royal mounds, constructed as two-storey sepulchral towers. The burial mounds are evidence of the Early Dilmun civilisation, around the 2nd millennium BCE. These tombs illustrate globally unique characteristics, not only in terms of their number, density and scale, but also in terms of details such as burial chambers equipped with alcoves. UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain Name: Dilmun Burial Mounds - مدافن دلمون Site: Madinat Hamad 2 Burial Mound Field Location: Karzakkan Inscription: 2019 Category: Cultural (i)(ii)(vi) Unesco Ref: 1542-001 - 021 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side