How were ritual meals practiced at the sanctuary of Jabal al-Lawdh in Yemen?

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At the sanctuary of Jabal al-Lawdh in northern Yemen, ritual meals were facilitated by the site's architectural layout. The sanctuary consisted of two temples connected by a 3.7-mile processional way, with open courtyards that featured numerous rows of low masonry benches, each measuring more than 30 feet in length. These benches were likely used for the ritual meals referenced in texts discovered at the site.1