Looking for Dilmun: The Search for a Lost Civilization

Author: Geoffrey Bibby
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1980
Condition: Softcover, yellowed pages, foxing on cover and back, interior clean
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 season's 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. Illustrations included.