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The queen of Sheba. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
Southern Arabia has a long history of myths and legends the best known internationally being that of the queen of the kingdom of Saba (or Sheba). According to biblical sources, she led a caravan laden with gold, spices, and precious stones to visit King Solomon I of Judah--an early trade mission according to some interpretations.
Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.
The first scientific expedition was a Danish mission that landed on the coast of Yemen in 1762. During the nineteenth century there were two scholarly expeditions, but archaeological exploration did not really begin until after World War I. The Germans and then the British, followed by the Americans and the Canadians, all carried out serious archaeological research in the area. Their results show that there is some ...
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