Barbar Temple, Bahrain · Photograph by Prof. Mortel · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped for layout
REAL BAHRAIN · DOCUMENTED PLACE
BARBAR TEMPLE
In the village of Barbar, the remains of three successive Dilmun temples preserve a history that reaches back to the third and second millennia BCE. A chamber within the complex encloses a freshwater spring.
The archaeological complex consists of three successive temples associated with the Dilmun period. The site is in Barbar, Bahrain, and includes a sunken chamber connected with a freshwater spring.
REAL PLACEDILMUNBARBAR · BAHRAIN
REAL-WORLD CONTEXT
HISTORY BEFORE MYTH.
Barbar is an archaeological site in Bahrain. The Gate and the supernatural events of the novel belong to its fictional world.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Three temples were built here in succession during the third and second millennia BCE, according to UNESCO’s account of the site.
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SITE DEVELOPMENT
Danish expeditions excavated the temple complex during the 1950s and 1960s; the site was investigated again in 1983.
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THE SPRING
A sunken chamber surrounds a freshwater spring, a notable feature of the temple complex described by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.
Everything below belongs to the fictional universe of Vampire of Bahrain.
FICTIONAL WORLD · CANON CONTROLLED
FICTIONAL ILLUSTRATION
VAMPIRE OF BAHRAIN · FICTION
BARBAR THE GATE
In the fictional world, Barbar becomes the central threshold around which the Archive, the Last Heartbeat, the Collector and the Entity begin to converge.
THE PHENOMENON
THE LAST HEARTBEAT
A recurring luminous phenomenon associated with the victim's final moment.
FICTIONAL ILLUSTRATION
