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<< Other Photo Pages >> Great Dam of Marib - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Yemen

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 01 August 2006  Page Views: 10261

Multi-periodSite Name: Great Dam of Marib Alternative Name: Marib Dam
Country: Yemen Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Marib
Latitude: 15.391543N  Longitude: 45.244617E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : Remains Of The Dam At Wadi Adhana, Marib, Yemen In Yemen, Marib is the site of one of the world's greatest ancient structures, a magnificent feat of early engineering and masonry techniques ; It is the dam across Wadi Adhana, the largest wadi in the south Arabian highlands ; Its purpose was to hold and to divert the water, which flooded down the wadi during the rainy season, over the nearby agri... (Vote or comment on this photo)


Ancient dam in Yemen at Ardh al-Jannatayn in the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba. The dam was apparantly started in the early 6th century BCE. It was 18 meters tall and 650 Meters long. The dam, however ruptured in the late 6th Century CE, leading to mass emigration from the region and the complete collapse of the ancient Sabaen/Yemenite culture which had grown rich on exporting Incense.
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Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : Yemen Old Marib Dam 1985 My Colleague standing on the Gates shows the height of the structure Image copyright: Spitfire13 (Dennis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : The Great Dam of Marib. 700 BC Image copyright: Bohdan_N, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : The Great Dam of Marib. 700 BC Site in Yemen Image copyright: Bohdan_N, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : Marib dam - Yemen Marib is also the site of one of the world's great ancient structures, a magnificent feat of early engineering and masonry techniques. This is the dam across Wadi Adhana, the largest wadi in the south Arabian highlands. Its purpose was to hold and to divert the water, which flooded down the wadi from time to time during the rainy season, over the nearby agricultural land. It wo... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Dam of Marib
Great Dam of Marib submitted by Flickr : Remains Of The Dam At Wadi Adhana, Marib, Yemen In Yemen, Marib is the site of one of the world's greatest ancient structures, a magnificent feat of early engineering and masonry techniques ; It is the dam across Wadi Adhana, the largest wadi in the south Arabian highlands ; Its purpose was to hold and to divert the water, which flooded down the wadi during the rainy season, over the nearby agri... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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