🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Dam East Wadi Dhana Barrage
Sabaean to Himyarite · Kingdom of Saba (Sabaean South Arabian) then Himyar
480-m east rockfill barrage of Great Marib Dam at Balaq Hills gap.
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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Wadi Jirdan West Breach Spate Dam (Hadramawt West Distributary)
Hadramawt Kingdom (500 BCE–400 CE) · Hadrami
Hadrami spate diversion (8 m high, 180 m) on Wadi Jirdan west distributary 4 km upstream of Shabwa paleo-delta (720 m), with 3 km earthen bund canal and field system 120 ha still visible as ‘fossil’…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Wadi Jirdan Ancient Dam – Hadramawt
Hadhrami Old South Arabian · Hadhramawt kingdom
220-m Hadhrami diversion dam (700 BCE–400 CE) on Wadi Jirdan tributary — Hadramawt palm irrigation.
🇾🇪 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.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean) in Ma'rib, Ma'rib Dam North, Yemen is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hyd…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Little-Hunstanton
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Reservoir of Little-Hunstanton in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
South Sluice Hydraulic Extension - Marib Oasis
Sabaean c.750 BCE–575 CE; sluice extension · Sabaean (South Arabian)
Marib South Sluice (Masaq) – Sabaean Great Dam's mass southern sluice/spillway assembly (14m high, 600m dam length, 30,000 ha irrigation).
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Wadi Dhana South Dam — Sabaean Southern Oasis Spillway
Sabaean to Himyarite (800 BCE – 575 CE) · Sabaean Kingdom (Saba) and Himyarite maintenance
South dam and spillway of Sabaean 763 m rock-fill marvel feeding southern oasis.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Cisterns of Tawila
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Al Hajjarah
Al Hajjarah (Arabic: الهجرة; sometimes spelled Al Hajarah or Al Hajjara) is a village in Yemen. It is located in the Manakhah District of the Sanaʽa Governorate, in the Haraz Mountains.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Baraqish
Barāqish or Barāgish or Aythel (Arabic: براقش) is a town in north-western Yemen, 120 miles to the east of Sanaa in al Jawf Governorate on a high hill.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Marib
Marib (Arabic: مَأْرِب, romanized: Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 Mryb/Mrb) is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Arim Secondary Dam — Marib North Spillway
South Arabian (Sabaean to Himyaritic) · Sabaean Saba and Himyarite
Marib north secondary 750-m earthen with Almaqah sluice temple 50 musnad inscriptions, Sabaean 750 BCE spillway.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Submerged site
Qana – Incense Harbour of Hadramawt, Bir Ali
South Arabian to Himyarite (c. 500 BCE – 630 CE) · Hadrami / Himyarite
Hadrami sea harbour rock-cut channel 600 m at –0.5 m off Bir Ali – mole with incense altars.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Northern Annex
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Northern Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Ancient city
Shabwa Palace Shagab East Tower
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Shabwa Palace Shagab East Tower in Shabwah, Shabwa, Yemen is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Haram (Yemen)
Haram (Arabic: هرم; Old South Arabian 𐩠𐩧𐩣 hrm-m, with mimation Haramum) (known today as Kharibat Hamdān and Kharibat ʾl ʿAlī) is an ancient city in the north of al-Jawf in modern-day Yemen, at…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Bal Piedmont Petroglyph Field
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Bal Piedmont Petroglyph Field in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) rock art attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Tumulus
Deir-Tre Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Deir-Tre Burial Mound in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Socotra Governorate
Yemeni governorate that makes up the Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Kaminahu
Kaminahu (Arabic: مملكة كمنه; Old South Arabic: 𐩫𐩣𐩬𐩠𐩥 kmnhw; modern Kamna) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present day Yemen, 107 km north-east of…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Bar'an Temple
The Bar'an Temple (Arabic: معبد بران) is a Sabaean temple near Marib, Yemen; also known as the "Throne of Bilqis", it dates back to the 10th century BCE and was dedicated to the god Almaqah.