The riddle of the springs of dilmun-does the gilgamesh epic tell the truth?

Groundwater

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 640-644

  Rausch, Randolf ^a   Dirks, Heiko ^a   Kallioras, Andreas ^c   Schüth, Christoph ^b  

^a King Abdullah International Medical Research Center College of Public Health and Health Informatics   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SPRING WATER; TRADE-OFF; UNESCO; WATER SUPPLY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAHRAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

GROUND WATER;

BAHRAIN; FLOODING; HISTORY; LITERATURE; NATURAL SPRING;

BAHRAIN; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MYTHOLOGY; NATURAL SPRINGS;

EID: 84904053270     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12214     Document Type: Article

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