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World Heritage places tagged “sabaean” matching “Yemen”

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Hydraulic works17 Archaeological wonders12 Dams9 Ancient cities5 Earthworks3

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🇾🇪Yemen17 🇪🇷Eritrea1 🇪🇹Ethiopia1

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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.

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🇾🇪 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).

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Dam

Sabaean Kingdom, Early South Arabian (~1750 BCE – 570 CE) · Sabaean (South Arabian, Kingdom of Saba)

Earthfill diversion dam spanning the Wadi Adhanah and flanked by the limestone North and South Sluices with Sabaean monumental inscriptions.

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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 — Eastern Outlier

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

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Eastern Outlier 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 — 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.

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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 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 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.

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🇾🇪 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.