What was the significance of the UNESCO inscription of the 'Dilmun Burial Mounds' in 2019?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Recognizing 21 archaeological sites containing thousands of Bronze Age earthen mounds
- Step 1: In 2019, UNESCO inscribed the Dilmun Burial Mounds across western Bahrain as a World Heritage Site.
- Step 2: Comprising 21 archaeological sites, it contains over 11,000 burial mounds built between 2050 and 1750 BCE.
- Step 3: It includes elite royal chieftain mounds in A'ali, illustrating unique funeral traditions and social stratification of early Dilmun society.
Answer
Recognizing 21 archaeological sites containing thousands of Bronze Age earthen mounds.
Why not the others: The mounds are Bronze Age burial sites, not Islamic palaces, Roman aqueducts, or 20th-century towers.
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