Then and Now: Dams
Today, dams serve a wide range of purposes: diverting rivers and streams, creating reservoirs, generating hydroelectricity, and so on. However, dams are far from a modern invention, with the world’s oldest known dams dating back nearly six millennia. The Great Dam of Marib in western Yemen, which da...
| Format: | Electronic Article |
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| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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| In: |
The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2026, Volume: 52, Issue: 1 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Today, dams serve a wide range of purposes: diverting rivers and streams, creating reservoirs, generating hydroelectricity, and so on. However, dams are far from a modern invention, with the world’s oldest known dams dating back nearly six millennia. The Great Dam of Marib in western Yemen, which dates to the early first millennium BCE or […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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