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CHRONICLES OF DILMUN
The Ancient Name
of Bahrain.
“There is a plant that grows under the water, It has a prickle like a thorn,
like rose; it will wound your hands, but if you succeed in taking it,
then your hands will hold that which restores his lost youth to a man”
– Epic of Gilgamesh (5000 years ago)
“There lies the island of (Bahrain), distant from the mouth of the Euphrates
about a day and a night's sail… it is a large neither rough nor wooded and
bears garden fruits and all things in due season”
– Alexander the Great's Admiral (2300 years ago)
