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Excavated places in Yemen matching “Marib Governorate” · Mysteria

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Excavated places in Yemen matching “Marib Governorate”

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“Marib Governorate”🇾🇪 Yemen Excavated Clear all

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex

Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Western Terrace

Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Western Terrace in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Southern Extension

Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Southern Extension in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.

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🇾🇪 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

Marib North Sluice & Northern Oasis Canal (Sadd Ma'rib al-Shamali)

Sabaean to Himyarite (8th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite

North sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (750 BCE–575 CE) — 23-m cut-stone control feeding northern oasis.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib South Sluice & Southern Oasis Canal (Jannat al-Janub)

Sabaean to Himyarite (7th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite

South sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (7th c BCE–575 CE) — 18-m limestone control for the grand southern oasis.