Megalithic Portal: Latest from Bahrain

Barbar Temple

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:15:54 GMT

. Two tells near the village of Barbar covered the largest temple yet found in Bahrain and a smaller neighbouring temple. The Barbar Temple is actually three temples, one succeeding the other on the same site. The two oldest temples are terraced with a central platform above an outer oval platform, an architectural feature comparable with Sumerian temples.

Buri Burial Mounds

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:46:18 GMT

]]>Burial mounds given reprieve from bulldozers in Bahrain, see comment. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain. The Giant Burial Mounds of Buri and A'ali are located around and inside A'ali village where a person sees mounds higher than the palm trees (one of them over 80 feet high, 9 over 65 feet, and 5 over 50 feet high), as measured by Mr. Mackay in 1925.

Jannusan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:29:12 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

Al Hajar

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:28:07 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

Shakhurah

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:27:03 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

Saar Burial Mounds

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:25:57 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

Janabiyah

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:24:52 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

cultural landscape of Ali

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:23:44 GMT

. Barrow Cemetary in Bahrain The Giant Burial Mounds of A'ali are located around and inside A'ali village where a person sees mounds higher than the palm trees (one of them over 80 feet high, 9 over 65 feet, and 5 over 50 feet high), as measured by Mr. Mackay in 1925. The burial chamber in A'ali cemeteries consists of two rooms, on directly on top of the other. These graves were built of dried adobe, plastered on the inside, and clad with limestone. The walls of the lower room were perpendicular, while those of the upper room were somewhat inclined near the ceiling. Occasionally, the aisle would extend along the grave outside the northern and southern walls. The size of the grave would range from small to large. One specific grave was 40 feet long, 6 feet wide and 18 feet high. The burial grounds are surrounded on the outside by a wall of large rocks located several yards from the base of the mounds. Explorers believe that the A'ali burial mounds were built between 2300 and 2000 B.C. Source: Bahrain Dept of Culture & National Heritage Ancient burial mounds in Bahrain. Under threat from development.

Wadi as-Sail

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:22:38 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain

Karzakkan

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:21:28 GMT

. Barrow Cemetery in Bahrain