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Dams · Mysteria

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Dams

Walls thrown across a valley to hold back a season's water.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Sadd al-Arim Secondary North Dam Marib

Sabaean to Himyarite · Kingdom of Saba

210-m saddle subsidiary dam 4 km NE of Great Marib storing Jufaynah tributary.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works

Jawa Dam South Basalt Spillway

Early Bronze Age IA · Proto-Jawa Ghassulian-Chalcolithic

120-m south spillway with ogee crest and riprap of main Jawa dam — earliest weir hydraulics.

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