📜 Historic site in Aden, Yemen, designed to collect and store rainwater and protect the city from flooding.
🔍 Built into volcanic rocks, dating back over 2,000 years.
🏛️ Explore ancient hydraulic engineering and historical significance
🚶 Visit a unique public park and tourist attraction
🏞️ Witness a system that once supplied water for millennia
💧 Cisterns are currently empty and do not serve the city's water needs
🚧 Infrastructure is impacted by political instability and neglect
⚠️ The site's future is uncertain due to ongoing threats and lack of restoration
💡 Learn about the Himyarites' original construction and British restoration efforts
🗺️ Located in Wadi Tawila, southwest of Aden's Crater district
🕒 Open to visitors, specific hours not detailed.
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