Rituals of Sacrificing Followers in the Arabian Gulf Cemeteries During the Third Millennium BC and their Civilizational Significance

ALaqeel, Munirah Ali

doi:10.21608/shedet.2023.194931.1181

Rituals of Sacrificing Followers in the Arabian Gulf Cemeteries During the Third Millennium BC and their Civilizational Significance

Document Type : research articles

Author

Munirah Ali ALaqeel

Dr. Munirah Ali Saleh Alaqeel, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Dammam, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. maaqeel@iau.edu.sa

10.21608/shedet.2023.194931.1181

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The article aims to study the doctrinal and funeral rituals of the phenomenon of sacrifice by followers after the death of their masters in some Gulf burials and their cultural Significance, in addition to discussing the civilizational evidence found in the tombs of Umm Al-Nar in the Emirates and the burials of Dilmun in Bahrain, which demonstrates the existence of this common ritual in the civilization of the third millennium BC, and the article also aims to study the influence and influence of ancient eastern beliefs between the Gulf, Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt in terms of burial rituals followed inside the royal tombs and funerary furniture; The article also to look for answers The most important questions related to the phenomenon of the sacrifice by following: Which was older than the other in the practice of this ritual? So which one borrow from the other this ritual? Thus, it should be noted that the evidence in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt precedes the evidence in the Gulf, and the origin of this ritual in the last civilization is not certain; the article also answers another important question: Did all the cities in the Gulf practice this ritual or did some of them not practice it? Despite the difference of opinions, this ritual was practiced in most Gulf burials.
KEYWORDS
Human sacrifices, Dilmun, Umm Al-Nar, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt.

Keywords