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ID: 7503925
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7503925

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shakhurah (ancient site)  Shakhurah (ancient site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 12 49 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 26.2130  decimal degrees
Long: 050 30 03 E  degrees minutes   Long: 50.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient burial mound field that is part of a proposed serial property of 11 sites, 10 of which are archaeological grave field sites, in western Bahrain. This field contains the more irregular Tylos type mounds, which cover burial chambers made of stone and plaster. It is included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the heading "Burial Ensembles of Dilmun and Tylos."

Names:
Shakhurah (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Baḥrayn (nation)  ........  Al Baḥrayn (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ash Shamālīyah (governorate)  ............  Ash Shamālīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Shakhurah (ancient site)  ................  Shakhurah (ancient site) (P)

Place Types:
ancient site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
burial site (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Ash Shākhūrah .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Asia, Al Baḥrayn, Ash Shamālīyah) [7594436]

Sources and Contributors:
Shakhurah..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 10 November 2011
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 10 November 2011
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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