BA'RAN TEMPLE

Also known as Arsh Bilkis (the throne of Bilkis), it is 4 km southeast of Marib. He was dedicated to the male god of the moon, Almaqah. It was studied and searched by the German Archaeological Mission from 1988 to 1997. The first temple was built in the th century BC, and then enlarged four times over the following centuries. Ba'rân was an active place of worship for at least thirteen centuries. The temple, where only religious lords came, had a dallée courtyard, surrounded by monoliths columns, at the centre of which a well was found. The entrance of the temple was done by a large staircase. The six monoliths columns, which are still visible, were placed in front of the door on a podium. At the beginning of our era, the temple was partially destroyed. The religious complex was surrounded by a wall of raw bricks that sheltered the alluvial.