Dilmun Burial Mounds
The Dilmun Burial Mounds are a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising necropolis areas on the main island of Bahrain dating back to the Dilmun and the Umm al-Nar culture.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: archaeological sites in Bahrain
- Also known as: “Madinat Hamad 2 Burial Mound Field (Karzakkan)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamad Town and Karzakan.
Hamad Town
Madinat Hamad or Hamad Town is a primarily commuter city within northern Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the central part of the country. Split from the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in 1991, its territory is now in the Northern Governorate.Karzakan
Village
Karzakan is a village in Bahrain. It lies along the western coast of Bahrain Island. The seventeenth-century theologian Salih Al-Karzakani hailed from this village.
Hamala
Village
Hamala is a village located in the Kingdom of Bahrain, an island country in the Persian Gulf. Batelco, Bahrain's largest telecommunications company, has its headquarters based in Hamala. Hamala is situated 3 km northwest of Dilmun Burial Mounds.
Dilmun Burial Mounds
- Categories: necropolis and burial
- Location: Northern, Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.12234° or 26° 7′ 20″ northLongitude
50.49977° or 50° 29′ 59″ eastOpen location code
7HRG4FCX+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 176032650OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q5276996
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Dilmun Burial Mounds” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدافن دلمون”
- Armenian: “Դիլմունի դամբարանաբլուրներ”
- Catalan: “Túmuls funeraris de Dilmun”
- Chinese: “迪尔穆恩墓葬群”
- Chinese: “迪爾穆恩墓葬羣”
- Chinese: “迪爾穆恩墓葬群”
- Chinese: “阿里古墓羣”
- Chinese: “阿里古墓群”
- Croatian: “Dilmunski grobni humci”
- Czech: “dilmunské pohřební mohyly”
- Czech: “Dilmunské pohřební mohyly”
- Finnish: “Dilmunin hautakummut”
- French: “Tombes de la culture Dilmun”
- Galician: “Túmulos funerarios de Dilmun”
- Georgian: “დილმუნის ყორღანები”
- German: “Grabhügel von Dilmun”
- Greek: “Ταφικοί Λόφοι Ντίλμουν”
- Hebrew: “תילי הקבורה של תרבות דילמון”
- Italian: “Tumuli sepolcrali della cultura Dilmun”
- Japanese: “ディルムンの墳墓群”
- Japanese: “ディルムン埋葬塚”
- Korean: “딜문 고분군”
- Latvian: “Dilmūnas kurgāni”
- Lithuanian: “Dilmuno kapinynai”
- Maltese: “Tumbati Funebri ta‘ Dilmun”
- Maltese: “Tumbati Funebri ta’ Dilmun”
- Persian: “گورپشتههای دیلمون”
- Portuguese: “Túmulos de Dilmum”
- Portuguese: “Túmulos de Dilmun”
- Russian: “Могильные курганы Дильмуна”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grobne humke u Dilmunu”
- Spanish: “Túmulos funerarios de Dilmún”
- Swedish: “Dilmuns gravhögar”
- Turkish: “Dilmun Mezar Höyükleri”
- Ukrainian: “Кургани Дільмун”
- Uzbek: “Dilmun qabr tepaliklari”
- Vietnamese: “Các gò chôn cất Dilmun”
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