The main hall of the lectures at the Danish Museum of the Mozgard, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, embraced a scientific symposium entitled “Trade Methods and Dilmoun Cities: Bahrain and its role in forming the ancient world”, in the presence of Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, and to be held by Blazer, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark accredited to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Yemen, along with a number of cultural personalities The prominent of the two countries. This event came the result of a joint cooperation between the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and the Mozgard Museum in Arahus.
On this occasion, the head of the Culture Authority opened the symposium program, saying: “We emphasize the importance of expanding the areas of cultural cooperation with the Danish Museum Museum, as one of the most prestigious museums specialized in archeology and ethnography, and we also commend its efforts to introduce the ancient Dilmun civilization and its commercial prayers with neighboring countries.”
He added: “We work in the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities to preserve the archaeological heritage of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and to intensify efforts to promote and introduce our archaeological gains at the global level.” For his part, the director of the museum, Professor Mad Holst, expressed the hosting of the symposium that reflects the strength of cultural relations between the two friendly countries.
The symposium witnessed a lecture by Dr. Salman Ahmed Al -Mahari, Director General of Antiquities in the Authority, entitled “Bahrain and the legacy of Dilmun: follow an ancient civilization through its archaeological sites”, during which he reviewed the most prominent Dilmunian sites in Bahrain such as Bahrain Castle, the village of Saar, Barbar temples, and the hills of burials spread throughout the island, stressing that Bahrain was the heart of the beating civilization and a commercial center formed a bridge between the world Old.
D. Stephen Loresen, Secretary of the Arab Antiquities at the Musegard Museum and head of the Danish team in Bahrain, the results of the excavations at the Bahrain Castle for the period from 2020 to 2025, as one of the most prominent evidence of the Dilmun civilization.
While Dr. First, Lund, the field director of the excavations team on Failaka Island in Kuwait, is a lecture on the commercial colony founded by the Dilmun kings there.
The symposium concluded with the presentation of the documentary “The Search for Dilmun”, which highlighted the joint archaeological legacy in the region.
This symposium aims to promote Bahraini archaeological heritage, highlight the status of Dilmoun civilization, and to enhance academic cooperation between Bahraini and Danish researchers, as well as encouraging scientific research and raising cultural awareness in the ancient Bahrain history.
