Bahrain National Museum: Dilmun Hall

In the Bahrain National Museum, there is the Dilmun Hall, where most of the artifacts excavated from archaeological sites in Bahrain are displayed. Ancient Dilmun sites like Qal'at al-Bahrain, Saar Settlement, the temples at Barbar and Diraz, and the thousands upon thousands of burial mounds scattered across the west side of the island, have provided a rich collection of items from the era of Dilmun that have survived time and thievery.

The history of ancient Bahrain, from the formative times of about 5000 BC, through the highs of Dilmun from 3000Bc to about 1600BC, to its eventual demise as other powerful civilizations took control in 800BC, is told by clay pots, copper tools, and the mysterious Dilmun Seals. Slowly, we will deal with each items and places that has shown for us, the exitence and location of Dilmun.

In the next post, we will start where everything started: the mythology.