Al-Shakhura or simply Shakhura (Arabic: شاخورة, sometimes transliterated as Shakura) known as Shah Khoura (شاه خورا) in Persian, is a village situated in north-central Bahrain.
Shakhura is the site of an ancient necropolis dating back to the Tylos era of Bahraini history.
[6] Excavations carried out by Captain Robert Higham from the Royal Signals during the 1960s revealed a number of important artefacts dating from the Roman and Parthian times, included an intact glass ribbed bowl, that are now kept at the British Museum in London.
[3] In 2008, archaeologists announced the discovery of a layer of ash that contained fragments of glazed pottery with fish and animal bones, on the site.
This led to archaeologists speculating that the Tylos civilisation practiced funeral banquets, which involved offering food and drink to the deceased and burying human and animal bones inside the tomb.