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	{{Infobox World Heritage Site
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	\| WHS = Qal`at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
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	\| State Party = {{BHR}}
	\| Type = Cultural
	\| Criteria = ii, iii, iv
	\| ID = 1192
	\| Region = ]
	\| Year = 2005
	\| Session = 29th
	\| Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1192
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	'''Qal`at al-Bahrain''' ({{lang-ar\|<big>قلعة البحرين</big>}} meaning ''Bahrain Castle'') is an archaeological site located in ]. It is composed of an artificial mound created by ] inhabitants from 2300 BC up to the 1700's. Among other things, it was once the capital of the ] civilization, and served more recently as a ] ]. For these reasons, it was inscribed as a ] ] in 2005.

	Qal`at al-Bahrain is a typical ] – an artificial ] created by many successive layers of human occupation. The ] of the 300x600-metre tell testify to continuous human presence from about 2300 B.C. to the 16th century A.D. About 25% of the site has been ]d revealing structures of different types: residential, public, commercial, religious and military. They testify to the importance of the site as a trading port over the centuries.

	On the top of the 12m high mound, there is the impressive Qal`at al-Burtughal (] ]), which gave the whole site its name, ''qal`a'', meaning fort. The site was the capital of the ], one of the most important ]s of the region. It contains the richest remains inventoried of this civilization, which was hitherto only known from written ] references.

	from GoogleMaps http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=26.233407,50.520233&spn=0.003421,0.005021&t=h&om=1

	] image of Qal `at al-Bahrain's southeast bastion]]
	] mission undertaken at Qal `at al-Bahrain in 2008]]
	] image of Lion's Head structure, Qal `at al-Bahrain]]

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