Bibby, Geoffrey Looking for Dilmun ISBN 13: 9780905743905

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Dilmun was a land which stretched beyond the confines of Bahrain, as far north as Kuwait, and as far south as Saudi Arabia. The quest for the real Dilmun began when the author revisited Bahrain in order to explore the thousands of undated burial mounds scattered across the country. A seasons digging established the existence of a major civilisation dating from around 2300 BC. First published in 1969 this fascinating book of discovery tells the story of archaeological detective work with style and humour. It is re-issued here for a new generation of readers and introduced by Carl Phillips, one of the leading archaeologists of the region.

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This is the classic story of an archaeological quest for the lost land of Dilmun, which led to the identification of a hitherto unknown period of Middle Eastern prehistory. First published in 1970, it is reissued here in a new edition - introduced by one of today's leading archaeologists of the region. In Mesopotamian myth, as laboriously translated from cuneiform inscriptions in the course of the 19th-century, Dilmun is a blessed land where death is unknown - the home of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian Noah, after he is saved from the flood. In the tablets recording the business dealings of Ea-Nasir, import and export merchant of Ur between 1813 and 1790 BC, however, Dilmun is refered to as a real place, a trading station, the source of Ur's copper supplies. The quest for the real Dilmun began in a relatively light-hearted way. In 1953 Geoffrey Bibby paused in his exploration of the military network of Viking Denmark and seized the opportunity to revisit Bahrain, in order to explore the thousands of undated burial mounds that decorate the Bahraini landscape.

A brief season's digging was enough to establish the existence of a major civilization dating from around 2300 BC, contemporary with the Sumerian sites of Ur and Babylon and showing evidence of trade with the Indus valley civilization. Thus began a major undertaking, eventually encompassing more than 20 annual expeditions. These revealed the existence of cities and temples not only on Bahrain, but also along 250 miles of coast and islands as far north as Kuwait and extending 60 miles into the interior of Saudi Arabia, as well as second and earlier civilization some 300 miles east, in Oman, which Bibby identified with the legendary copper-rich land of Makan. And the final revelation was the discovery of pottery in Saudi Arabia contemporary with the earliest Stone Age settlements in Mesopotamia, c.5000 BC, extending the early history of the Gulf region back by over 1000 years and raising the possibility that Mesopotamia was first settled from Arabia.

Geoffrey Bibby tells his tale of archaeological detective work and discovery with zest and humour - providing insights into the day-to-day rigours of excavation life, the complexities of fund-raising, and the need to negotiate tactfully with the Arab rulers.
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Geoffrey Bibby is Curator of Oriental Antiquities at the Prehistoric Museum of Arhus.

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  • PublisherStacey International
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0905743903
  • ISBN 13 9780905743905
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages286
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