Looking for Dilmun: Realities of Archaeology in the Middle East
This paper examines Looking for Dilmun by Geoffrey Bibby, first published in 1969 chronicling the discoveries of the Danish Archaeological Expedition around the Arabian Gulf of which Bibby was the field director. This paper discusses various elements of the book are discussed including its subject matter, why it was written, what was the author's intent, who is the audience, and what the argument was.