The Belqis Throne or the Pran Temple is the most famous archeological site among the ruins of Yemen. It is located 1400 meters to the northwest of Muharram Balqis, a temple dedicated to the god of the moon.
Stages of development:
The temple until 1988 was covered by sand dunes surrounding it, until the details revealed buried under the sand archaeological excavation results, he found that the temple consists of different architectural units, the most important of the Holy of Holies and the front courtyard and their accessories, such as the Great Wall and built of bricks and installations, The architectural elements of the Temple of Pran in different periods of time since the beginning of the first millennium BC, it seems that the temple consists of a uniform architectural unit in which the main entrance and the courtyard with the high runway in a manner that suggests the splendor, beauty and greatness of the completed.
It should be noted that the throne underwent a major restoration process for four consecutive seasons starting from 1997 to 2000 by the German Institute of Antiquities and thus became the temple ready for the reception of tourists has passed the building of the temple in two basic stages, the first from the end of the second millennium to the beginning of the first millennium BC and the second It began in 850 BC.
General shape:
The square-shaped temple has an open space with a sacred well and a stone water basin with water reaching through the mouth of the Holy Ox's mouth. The hall is surrounded by a number of walls to the north, west and south, and in front of the western wall are a number of marble seats and the open hall, and there are 12 degrees leading to the Holy of Holies where the six pillars currently have five columns and the sixth broken with crowns decorated with cubes and weighs column 17 tons and 350 kg and has a length of 12 Meter and thickness 80 x 60 cm. The temple's sacred courtyard is surrounded by a mud-brick wall with towers. The temple door is located on the north side.
He is known by his five columns, while the sixth column is broken.
Bombing the coalition:
Balqis throne was damaged as a result of an air strike in the region on 27/04/2015.
