The Bahrain Pearling Path is a serial cultural heritage site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on June 30, 2012. It consists of three oyster beds in the northern waters of Bahrain, a segment
View of the Suq before restoration in Muharraq, part of the Pearling Path
The Siyadi family mosque and majlis in the background
Dilmun, or Telmun, was an ancient East Semitic–speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards, covering the transition from Prehistoric Arabia into the historic p
Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash: one of the inscriptions reads, "boats from the (distant) land of Dilmun carried the wood (for him)", which is the oldest known written record of Dilmun and importation of goods into Mesopotamia.
Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun in the 1st year of Ibbi-Sin's rule, c. 2028 BC. British Museum BM 130462.[full citation needed]
Bull's head, made of copper in the early period of Dilmun (c. 2000 BC), discovered by Danish archeologists under Barbar Temple, Bahrain
Correspondence between Ilī-ippašra, the governor of Dilmun, and Enlil-kidinni, the governor of Nippur,c. 1350 BC