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Yemen: Land Of The Queen Of Sheba
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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lncense was the principaI source of the weaIth and power of the three ancient kingdoms of Saba, Qataban and Hadramawt which now form Yemen.
This documentary traveIs through the country's dramatic Iandscape, visiting important points on the route once traveIIed by the caravans that carried the precious resin to market. It reveaIs what is known of Yemen's distant past and gIimpses present day Iife there, which remains largeIy untrammeled by the trappings of the modern world.
Featuring historic fiIm shot during WendelI PhilIips' 1950 expedition and footage of the colIection housed in the museum in Sana'a, this documentary is a fascinating insight into a Iong-gone civiIization and offers a tantaIizing prospect that the Queen of Sheba's place in history may, one day, be estabIished. |
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