Failaka/Dilmun: The Second Millennium Settlements. Danish Archaeological Investigations in Kuwait

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Danish excavations 1958-1963 on the island of Failaka in Kuwait uncovered a small community of Dilmun traders dating to the 2nd millennium BC. Tell F3 revealed rows of small houses inhabited by private families, whereas Tell F6 was the centre of a large organization with a production and storage facility. The nearby temple, excavated by a French mission in the 1980s, is discussed and compared to the Barbar temples in Bahrain.

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Preface

Tell F3

Tell F6: The "Palace"

Tell F6: The temple

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