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Yemen : Land of the Queen of Sheba
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Is the Queen of Sheba, ruler of Saba, a figure of legend or of history? This program delves deeply into Yemen's past on a journey of discovery, visiting important stops on the caravan route that on...
Is the Queen of Sheba, ruler of Saba, a figure of legend or of history? This program delves deeply into Yemen's past on a journey of discovery, visiting important stops on the caravan route that once carried frankincense-the principal source of wealth and power in ancient Yemen's three kingdoms-to market in Palestine, the Levant, and even Rome. Archaeological artifacts from the collection housed in Sana'a and footage from Wendell Phillips' 1950 expedition offer a tantalizing glimpse of a civilization long gone and a queen who lives on in the cultural memory of her country. (54 minutes)
Details
- Creator
- Digital Classics Distribution
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Digital Classics Distribution, [1998]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 28 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- on1048872556
- Originally released by Digital Classics Distribution, 1998.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 04, 2017.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Land of the Queen of Sheba: Introduction (4:42); Harvesting Frankincense (3:04); Transporting Frankincense (4:01); Uncovering Yemen's History (4:09); Spice Route (7:31); Economy of Arabia (5:24); Irrigating the Temples (7:57); Struggling to Uncover Yemen's Past (4:09); Unifying Yemen (5:51); Religious Unrest in Yemen (4:29); Credits: Land of the Queen of Sheba (0:49)