Yemen - Archaeological site of Marib

In the Bible, one of the passages of Genesis, or ancient geography is exposed by means of genealogies: the grandson of Sem, "Yogtan begendra ..., Hasarmaweth = Hadramawt, ..., Sheba = Saba" ( Gen.10). And the most famous mention is the visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. Book of Kings. Ch.9.10. who ruled at 106 'BC The same story is recounted in the Qur'an as Balkis, Saba = Balkis (Surah 27). The peoples of Classical Antiquity had detained seven "Wonders of the World"; Arabia was too impenetrable to be included; a monument could have captured the attention of the Classics, the famous Marib Dyke, pride of the inhabitants of the peninsula to the point of being mentioned in the Quran (Surah 34) and to be at the center of legends about the dispersion of the Arab tribes . The former oasis stretched 20 km long and 8 km wide, the largest in Arabia. It is divided by the Dhana wadi course, in two sets, Yarsan in the south and Abyan in the north, to use the Sabean names. The Sabeennes inscriptions, in situ, mention "Marib and its two valleys" just as the Qur'an (Surah 34) speaks of "the two gardens, on the right and on the left".