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Baraqish
براقش Yathill | |
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  Baraqish Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 16°0′N 44°48′E / 16.000°N 44.800°E | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | Al Jawf Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (Yemen Standard Time) |
16°0′N 44°48′E / 16.000°N 44.800°E
Barāqish or Barāgish or Aythel (Arabic: براقش) is a town in north-western Yemen, 120 miles to the east of Sanaa in al Jawf Governorate on a high hill. It is located in Wādī Farda(h), a popular caravan route because of the presence of water. It was known to the Greeks and Romans as Athlula (or Athrula), from the ancient Sabaean yθl (probably vocalized Yathill).[1][2]
Barāqish was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, one generation building their houses on the ruins of the earlier ones. In the main area of the site, there still remain the ruins of a dome, a mosque, a well and tower, as well as many pottery shards and pieces of glass. People lived in the town up to the 1960s, but it has since been abandoned, and is at present occupied by the military.
- ^ Cass. Dio 53.29.8; Strabo 820.
- ^ UNESCO Director-General deplores destruction of parts of ancient city of Baraqish, calls for protection of Yemen's heritage.