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٨ : ould ty to jn a little to as you another question What abont Bahrainis
a٤ that tiae, ere they interested in Archaeology''

B : O they did not no hat archaeology as. They ere interested in history.
We had of course many orers from the illages around and they ere alays ery
inlerested in the or they ere doing. They learned the method to recognie the
arious tyes of building the arious tyes of ottery that belong to arious eriod.
They had erhas a good idea about chronology of the succession fo dates they no
their on history. We could ic u a iece of ottery and sho it to them and say
this from the lime of Ebraheem halil Ullah and ell this as from the time of A
Esander Thu qarnaim, they could tell the different beteen them and could come
hen they ere digging in an area and ould come and tell us there as a ottery
from Thu qarnain. mean they no the history of orld and the history of the
Middle East as it as. And e ere isited by a lot of schools ho came to see our
or eery Friday at Oalal A Bahrain the lace ould be full of eole.

A : Wgo uide then to see the site

B : Sometime guided them, hen e had time. Friday as our rest day, but e did
our best and of course there ere organised grous that e should sho them
around.

A : Did you remebe any naes of the laborers ored ith you

B : adhi bin Ahmed, Ali bin Mohammed ere a good digger. hae difficulty in
remembering names. They ere ery good orers. They had their on transort
they aled some of them came on doneys. They came from arranah and other
surrounding illages as far as Saar. They inited us for their edding arties.

A : Wg٤e٣edid you send your eeends

B : Very often e had our transort, e ent on rtis around to see and loo at
other laces to see other archaeological sites. We ent to the marets to Manama to
do shoing.

A : Did you hae any roblem ith eole at that time in 19s. Hae you been
ased hy you are doing this and that

B : o, o hTey ere ery understanding and no roblem at all een hen e ere
digging grae.s

A : Tell ae about Dilnun

B : ٤t as in a ay reasonable theory, Bahrain as the largest re-historical cemetery

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