Bahrain Pearling Trail

The Bahrain pearling trail is a 3.5 km trail located in the island of Muharraq, in Bahrain, that was used by pearl divers during much of Bahrain's records until the to the fore 1930s, back the pearl shout from the rooftops in Bahrain crashed so of the opening of cultured pearls from Japan.Pearling in Bahrain has occurred by now 2000 BC.The passage consists of 17 buildings in Murharraq, 3 oyster beds located in the manageable sea, a segment of the coast and the seafront Bu Mahir fortress in the southern tip of Muharraq. The trail was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in bank account to June 30, 2012 and is Bahrain's second World Heritage Site after the Bahrain Fort.

Pearl diving in Bahrain was first mentioned in Assyrian texts dating to 2000 BC, referring to "fish eyes" from Dilmun (the ancient reveal of Bahrain).Bahrain (as Tylos, Bahrain's Greek proclaim) was mentioned by Pliny to have been, "famous for the immense number of its pearls". The golden age of pearling is declared to have been between the 1850s to 1930, once pearls were more pessimistic than diamonds and had attracted jewelers once Jacques Cartier to the country.There were very about 30,000 pearl divers by the decrease of 1930, as pearling was the principal industry in Bahrain prior to the discovery of oil in 1932. After the collapse of the pearling industry, most divers switched to the newly founded oil sector.

Currently, the trading of cultured pearls in Bahrain is prohibited.