NNA - World Monuments Fund (WMF), which is concluding its sixth decade this year, has strengthened its official presence in Arab countries, which have been part of its focus for over two decades. T ...
Lying about 15km south west of Manama, this tourist hotspot is popular for two reasons: the Dilmun Burial Mounds, and the traditional pottery. It’s no surprise that there’s tons of cool things to do ...
PRO TIP: Ask your driver to point out the Dilmun burial mounds as you drive around the Kingdom of Bahrain. Of course, no trip to Bahrain is complete without a visit to the Manama Souq. Located in the ...
This site is one of the components of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dilmun Burial Mounds which we go over later in this article. Dating back to around 3000 BC, when the entire human population of ...
The wooded burial mound is the largest of 49 sites that were included in UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2019. The mounds were all constructed between the late fourth century and late fifth ...
Two hypotheses existed about why these two burial rituals existed; the first was the hierarchical hypothesis, which suggested that elites were buried in mounds while low-status individuals were ...
The site contains the largest known concentration of American Indian burial mounds. There are more than 200. It was preserved by President Harry Truman in 1949 and has since doubled in size to ...
WHILE some Jamaicans cherish the tradition of owning a family plot — a sacred space where they and their loved ones can rest in peace — if the land is to be sold, the burial site could devalue ...
J. Stephen Conn The monument was designated in 1949 and protects and preserves over 200 sacred, prehistoric Native American ceremonial and burial mounds. Human remains have been found in some ...
The monument was designated in 1949 and protects and preserves over 200 sacred, prehistoric Native American ceremonial and burial mounds. Human remains have been found in some mounds, while others ...
The Mounds, built for burial and ceremonial purposes, are associated with 20 American Indian tribes, including the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Gibbs described himself as the ...