Danish archaeologists find 3,500-year-old gemstones
Danish archaeologists find 3,500-year-old gemstones
Discovery on Kuwaiti island sheds light on previously unknown period
Ancient stones are shedding light on a dark time (photo: Moesgaard Museum)
January 24th, 2017 7:45 pm| by Ray W
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.
Shedding light
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.
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