Ostrich egg shell, Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
Ostrich egg shell used as a burial offering container, Dilmun, 2050-1700 BC, in the Bahrain National Museum, designed by Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, inaugurated December 1988 by Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, in Manama, Bahrain. This eggshell is from a collection of objects excavated from the Al-Hajjar, Saar, A'ali and Janabiyah cemeteries. The museum houses cultural and archaeological collections covering 6000 years of history, with rooms entitled Burial Mounds, Dilmun, Tylos and Islam, Customs and Traditions, Traditional Trades and Crafts, and Documents and Manuscripts. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13442003
Media ID
45127393
Size
4671px x 7087px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
