Marib Dam

Marib Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Marib Dam ( , or ) is a modern dam blocking the wadi or valley of Adhanah (, also Dhanah ) in the Balaq Hills, located in the Ma'rib Governorate in Yemen. The current dam was built in the 1980s and is close to the ruins of the ancient dam, first built in the 8th century BC. It was one of the engineering wonders of the ancient world and a central part of the Sabaean and Himyarite kingdoms around Ma'rib. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 1750
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 1700

Source: en.wikipedia.org