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Partially excavated places in Yemen matching “Hadramawt” · Mysteria

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Partially excavated places in Yemen matching “Hadramawt”

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🇾🇪 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.

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Sadd Al-Rahwah Dam (Hadramawt Highland Dam)

Himyarite–Hadrami to Rasulid · Hadrami kingdom to Rasulid dynasty

Hadramawt highland: 45-m crescent dam at Shibam hinterland, Himyarite 500 BCE–Rasulid 12th c.

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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’…

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🇾🇪 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.