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Edit ThisThe Temple of the Sun in Marib, YEMEN
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The Sabean well
Edit ThisSix km to be west of old Marib, the Sabean well is located on top of a sandy hill a few meters higher than the adjacent fields. The opening of the well is located on top of the hill and is about 35m deep. The well is square in shspe, built in a distinctive style, one stone in each side. Its archaeological value was only discovered after the unearthing of the Barran Temple and the discovery of the sacred well at the Temple of the Bilqis Throne.
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Great Marib Dam
Edit ThisThe Dam is the most famous of all ancient Yemeni ruins. The dam is 8km to the south-west of the city of Marib and is located in between the northern and central Balaq mountains. The waters from the eastern heights of Yemen used to be collected by the dam. The huge structure's drains indicate that the dam was 35m high, 720m long and 60m wide at the foundations. The foundations were built of huge pieces of stone covered with rough volcanic stones. At the tip of the dam two gaps were left open through which water flowed into the irrigation system and canals and gravel on the sides. more..
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The Sacred Bilquis Temple
Edit ThisThe Temple of the Sun in Marib, YEMEN
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The Awam Temple, or the Sun Temple, is 1.5k to the south-east of Bilquis Throne. It is the largest of the Sabean temples and the most important of all. It was devoted to the adoration of the Moon (Father), the Sun (Mother), and Blossom (Son). The Temple differs from others in that it is elliptical in shape and protrudes a little from the eastern side, resembling the shape of a kidney. The longitudinal axis of the Temple is 94m and the horizontal axis is 82.3m. The wall is 9m high and 3.9m wide. There is a hall with columns and 10m away eight columns stand high in one alignment. more..
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The Throne of Bilquis
Edit ThisWhat is know today as the Bilquis Throne, is mentioned in scriptions as Barran Temple the home of the Goddess Almaqa'(Moon),the inscriptions also mention Dhat Hameem (Sun) and Athter (Blossom). The results of the German expedition show that the Temple went through two historical stages, the first stage extending from the 2nd Millennium BC to the beginning of the 1st Millennium BC, and the second stage starting from 850 BC to the end of the Sabean dynasty. The Temple is aquara in shape with an open courtysrd opposite the most holy area of the six columns’. The Sacred Well and more..
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Al-Jufainah Dam
Edit ThisThe ancient dam, Al-Jufainah, was part of the Great Marib Dam’s irrigation network. It is 8km to the southwest of the center of Marib and dates back to the 1st Sabean period, and was built to accommodate the overflow from the Great Dam to irrigate the land to the left of the great Dam. Al-Jufainah Dam had four water distribution channels built of chipped stone and supported by a number of 10m high supporting walls approximately 300m in length. The foundations are 4m wide with the walls being 1.5m wide at the top. The walls of the dam suffered from major cracks and was rebuilt more..
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Diversion Dam
Edit ThisThis is another of the diversion dams which was built much earlier than the Great Dam. It is located approx. 300m to the east of the Marib Dam in the center of the Dhanah valley. A German archeological expedition found the site in 1988-98 and noted that this dam was built 1000-2000 years before the Great Marib Dam. It was 55m long 30m wide, built with stones as big as 2m which were cemented with lead. However, these attempts were not successful due to the accumulation of sediment and deposits. A solution to the problem was found by using the natural features of the two Bslaq more..
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