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Excavations at Tell Khaiber (2013–17), not far from Ur in southern Iraq, produced the first stratified assemblage dating to the elusive First Sealand Dynasty that ruled over southern Babylonia in the mid-second millennium BCE.

Tell Khaiber: A Fortified Centre of the First Sealand Dynasty

Excavations at Tell Khaiber (2013–17), not far from Ur in southern Iraq, produced the first stratified assemblage dating to the elusive First Sealand Dynasty that ruled over southern Babylonia in the mid-second millennium BCE.

The First Sealand period in Babylonia has long been obscure, despite the major changes that occurred in the area at that time. Recent excavations at Tell Khaiber near Ur have uncovered a large fortified building of the period...

Pottery from Tell Khaiber

The First Sealand period in Babylonia has long been obscure, despite the major changes that occurred in the area at that time. Recent excavations at Tell Khaiber near Ur have uncovered a large fortified building of the period…

Four thousand years ago the land of Dilmun (ancient Bahrain) lay at the crossroads between the civilized world and the mysterious East. Its merchants prospered greatly from a lucrative trade in copper and luxury goods. ...

The Dilmun Temple at Saar

Four thousand years ago the land of Dilmun (ancient Bahrain) lay at the crossroads between the civilized world and the mysterious East. Its merchants prospered greatly from a lucrative trade in copper and luxury goods. …

Report on archaeological investigations at Al-Khor Island, Qatar. Chapter headings are: Introduction; Survey & Excavation; The Pottery of Al-Khor Island; Discussion and Conclusions. There is also an illustrated ...

Al-Khor Island

Report on archaeological investigations at Al-Khor Island, Qatar. Chapter headings are: Introduction; Survey & Excavation; The Pottery of Al-Khor Island; Discussion and Conclusions. There is also an illustrated …

The excavations at Saar produced the largest single corpus of Bronze Age seals and sealings found in Bahrain, the centre of the Dilmun civilization (2000 BC). This material forms a unique record of the art ...

Early Dilmun Seals from Saar

The excavations at Saar produced the largest single corpus of Bronze Age seals and sealings found in Bahrain, the centre of the Dilmun civilization (2000 BC). This material forms a unique record of the art …

This volume reports on the excavation of over seventy buildings in the Dilmun settlement at Saar, some of which were extraordinarily well preserved with walls standing in places to roof height. The development and architecture ...

The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar

This volume reports on the excavation of over seventy buildings in the Dilmun settlement at Saar, some of which were extraordinarily well preserved with walls standing in places to roof height. The development and architecture …