In the northern part of Yemen, about 120 km to the east of Sana'a, near the village Marib, there is a mysterious ruin, almost entirely covered with sand. The precise location is 15⁰ 24’ 15.50” N,  45⁰ 21’ 28,91”E. It is known as the Mahram Bilqis Awam Temple of the Moon. According to legends, this holy site is attributed  to the Biblical Queen of Sheba [ref]. Despite the lack of true evidence that she ever existed, it is believed that she lived around  960 – 920 BC. The Koran also refers to this queen who visited king Solomon in Jeruzalem [The Old Testament, 1 Kings, 10; 2 Chronicles 9] however, the very few excavations so far delivered no evidence yet.

The temple is surrounded by a wall of 260 metres length which is about 3,5 metres thick and may have once reached about 16 metres. In the hall of the temple there are still a few of the 32 pillars that once supported the roof. The 8 monumental pillars that seems to watch the site as fierce guards look like as they have been casted as concrete. The knobs on the top of the pillars indicate that the pillars once were fixed to buttresses.

Archaeologists have dated the site to 1500 – 1200 BC and possible older, definitely older than the times of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Near this site there is the temple of the Sun (15⁰ 24’ 10.64” N,  45⁰ 20’ 36,13”O). This site has now been excavated and restored. Here, five mighty pillars rise above the site. Also these pillars seem to have been casted by a concrete technique.