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Multi-periodSite Name: Sabaean Temple of the Moon Alternative Name: Five PillarsCountry: Yemen
NOTE: This site is 118.665 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Marib
Latitude: 15.377363N Longitude: 45.277539E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Sabaean Temple near Marib, Yemen, with 5 tall megalithic pillars on a platform.
Ma'rib's wealth accumulated to such an extent that the city became a byword for riches beyond belief throughout the Arab world. Its people, the Sabeans lived in South Arabia between the tenth and sixth centuries BC. Their main temple was so famous that it remained sacred even after the collapse of the Sabean civilisation in 575 AD - caused by the rerouting of the spice trail. By the that point the dam (see our nearby sites list), now in a poor state of repair, was finally breached. The irrigation system was lost, the people abandoned the site within a year or so. The temple fell into disrepair and was eventually covered by sand.
Source: The History FIlee
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