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( photos taken in Failaka island, Kuwait )

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Mohammed Al Kouh, from the series Failaka is a Beautiful Island 

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Failaka Island, Kuwait. 

Ancient architecture, ca. 331 BC - 324 BC

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Danish archaeologists find 3,500-year-old gemstones

Danish archaeologists from Moesgaard Museum have discovered the remains of a jewellery workshop on a small island in Kuwait, which includes semi-precious stones that are 3,500 years old.

The discovery provides new knowledge about a somewhat unknown period in history, according to videnskab.dk

Danish archaeologists have been working on the tiny island of Failaka off Kuwait’s coast for the past nine years. The recent discovery offers clues to the period between 2100 and 1700 BC when the island was home to the Dilmun culture and part of the support structure for trade to the major cities in Mesopotamia, which is modern-day Iraq.

Dilmun was the ancient name of a country somewhere in the Persian Gulf. Researchers have defined it as including Bahrain and Failaka and possibly Qatar. It was an important hub for trade during the Bronze Age. Read more.

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Two sides of jasper seal found in the remains of a Bronze Age jewellry workshop on Failaka Island, Kuwait [Credit: Moesgaard Museum]

(via The Archaeology News Network)

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Ruins on the Failaka Island, Kuwait

Kuwaiti vintage postcard

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