Ancient and mysterious places in Yemen

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Sabaean Kingdom 750 BCE - 570 CE · Sabaean (Saba) kingdom

750 BCE Sabaean secondary saddle dam (420 m) and north sluice extension of Marib, doubling irrigated area via 2.1 km north canal.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Himyarite–Hadrami to Rasulid · Hadrami kingdom to Rasulid dynasty

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

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Hadhrami Old South Arabian · Hadhramawt kingdom

220-m Hadhrami diversion dam (700 BCE–400 CE) on Wadi Jirdan tributary — Hadramawt palm irrigation.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

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.

Yemen