| Emigrants from Mecca to Medina• Around 500 BC the dam height was increased to 7 meters, the upstream the water face was with a cover of stones, and irrigation was extended to include the southern side as well as the northern side | These extensive works were not actually finalized until 325 AD and allowed the of 25,000 acres 100 km 2 |
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| From the coast to the limits of the desert are numerous ruins of small and large dams made of earth and stone | Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No |
| Joachim the father of Maryam• The inscription by Abrahah was first published by , in the journal Mitteilungen der vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1897 | The dam's position allowed for a and between the northern end of the dam and the to the west |
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| Challenges encountered, factors considered during the design process are discussed and the implications of rare flood conditions are described | The inscriptions on the dam explain the costs of repair and the large number of workers involved |
| After the end of the Kingdom of Saba', the dam fell under the control of the around 115 BC | Queen of Sheba: treasures from ancient Yemen |
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| A newspaper wrote in July 2010: "The water level in the Ma'rib Dam has risen to 45 million cubic meters as a result of the heavy rainfall in various areas of Yemen in the past two days | Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow |