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Sirwah
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Key facts

Ancient site.name
Sirwah
Ancient site.native_name
صرواح
Ancient site.image
Jemen Sirwah 04.JPG
Ancient site.caption
View of Ṣirwāḥ
Ancient site.map_type
Yemen
Ancient site.location
Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.condition
In ruins
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
(iii), (iv)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
1700
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
2023
UNESCO World Heritage Site.danger
2023–...

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Wikidata facts

Country
Yemen
Located in
Sirwah District
Area
17034.6
Elevation
1489
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
Jemen Sirwah 04.JPG
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Sirwah
P12749
March 27
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Archaeology
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|right|German archaeologists in Ṣirwāḥ thumb|right|Inscription in Ṣirwāḥ thumb|right|Pillars in Ṣirwāḥ

Sirwah (OSA: Ṣrwḥ, Ṣirwāḥ Ḫawlān) was, after Ma'rib, the most important economical and political center of the Kingdom of Saba at the beginning of the 1st century BC, on the Arabian Peninsula. Ṣirwāḥ was surrounded by a fortified wall. The city layout inside the oasis included a number of large buildings. It’s also a part of Khawlan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sirwah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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