Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Monique Kervran and

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, emir of Bahrain 1961-99, speaking in 1976 with Monique Kervran, French archaeologist and founder of the French mission of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and Dr Al-Takriti, director of Antiquities, photograph, in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13441930

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45127057

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen