The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf
The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia.
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Aali Ahlamu Al-Khidr Alexander Alexander’s amongst ancient appears Arab archaeology Babylonian Bahrain islands Bahrain National Museum Barbar Berossus built burials centre century coast copper culture cuneiform Department of Antiquities desert Dhahran Dilmun Dilmun seal Dilmunite Diraz divinity Durand Dynasty Ea-Nasir earlier earliest early east eastern Arabia Egypt Egyptian Enki Enkidu Enlil Eridu evidence excavated Failaka island Figure fish fourth millennium Gerrha Gilgamesh goddess gods grave Gulf’s Ibid identified important Indus Valley inscription Kassite king known Lagash land later legend mainland man’s merchants Mesopotamia millennium BC mounds Museum myth Neolithic Ninhursag northern Oannes origins peninsula perhaps period Phoenician principal probably prosperity Qala’at al-Bahrain Qatar records region remarkable sacred Sargon Saudi Arabia second millennium seems Semitic settlements southern stamp seal stone suggested Sumer Sumerian Sumerian cities survived Sutean temple third millennium tombs trade Ubaid pottery Umm an-Nar Uruk whilst Ziusudra