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Yemen

39 places in the atlas, 14 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Hydraulic works26
Dams13
Archaeological wonders11
Ancient cities7
Earthworks6
Ancient ports3
Geoglyphs2
Petroglyphs2
Rock art sites2
Submerged sites2
Aqueducts1
Barrages1

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Verified34
Accepted4
Hypothetical1

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Hadramawt6
Marib Governorate5
Hadramaut2
Ma'rib Governorate2
Al Bayda Governorate, Wadi Rada, Ba'ta village near Rada1
Al Hudaydah Governorate, Wadi Zabid Delta, Tihama Plain1

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Hadhramaut Governorate, Shibam Hinterland, Wadi Rahwah1

Hadhramaut, Bir Ali1

Hadhramaut, Shabwah1

Hadramawt Governorate, Wadi Jirdan East branch, Shabwa–Hadramawt spate outlet 120 km northeast of Mukalla (East Jirdan spate plain)1

Hadramawt Governorate, Wadi Jirdan tributary of Wadi Hadramawt1

Hadramawt Governorate, Wadi Jirdan west distributary 4 km upstream of Shabwa paleo-delta1

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Unverified0

Pseudoarchaeology0

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Partially excavated17 Excavated10 Excavation ongoing7 Unexcavated3 Buried1 Submerged1

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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.