Excavations took place at the south-western foot of the Ḥuṣn Raydān, where preservation seemed favourable. The Stone building may have been built around the time of Christ und was in use over 400 years. Highlights include the discovery of life-size human depictions. Fossil Sabaeo-Ḥimyarite place-names were mapped. The general characterization that the Ḥimyarite period visual arts as decadent is a vast oversimplification.
Franke et al. (2025) studied this question.