Books by Crawford

Michael Crawford's highly praised history is now expanded and revised to accommodate recent discoveries and current thinking.

In this volume, the structure and content of the temple is presented, with chapters on pre-temple buildings, the architecture of the temple, and different phases in the temple's history. There are sections on finds in the temple, on dating the temple, and on the temple and Dilmun society.

The London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition began excavations at Saar in 1990. The research has focused on the excavation of a Dilmun settlement dating to the Early Dilmun period, around 2000 BC. The discovery and excavation of this settlement and its associated temple represent important additions to the archaeological heritage of Bahrain, and complement earlier discoveries at Barbar, Diraz, and Umm As-Sejjur. This book contains a full account of the excavation and finds from the Dilmun Temple at Saar. It discusses in detail the design and construction of the temple and provides invaluable new information about daily life, social customs and religious beliefs of the period.