Qalat al-Bahrain
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 12, 2025 11:14 AM
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History
An ancient settlement with evidence of occupation stretching from 2300 BC to the sixteenth century AD, Qal'at al-Bahrain was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization. In 2005, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932478
26.2329434435, 50.5206469167
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Qalʻat al-Baḥraīn (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARMC location 32218 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Qal'at al-Bahrain (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- قلعة البحرين (Qal'at al-Bahrain: Arabic, modern)
- Less than certain: Qalat al-Bahrain part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Qalat al-Bahrain connection Tylos (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 95 C3 Qalat al-Bahrain
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Qalat al-Bahrain, BAH
D.T. Potts, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Qalat al-Bahrain: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932478> [accessed: 12 June 2025]
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