Yemen: Land of the Queen of Sheba

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Incense was the principal source of the wealth and power of the three ancient kingdoms of Saba, Qataban and Hadramawt which now form Yemen.

This documentary travels through the country`s dramatic landscape, visiting important points on the route once travelled by the caravans that carried the precious resin to market. It reveals what is known of Yemen`s distant past and glimpses present day life there, which remains largely untrammeled by the trappings of the modern world.

Featuring historic film shot during Wendell Phillips` 1950 expedition and footage of the collection housed in the museum in Sana`a, this documentary is a fascinating insight into a long-gone civilization and offers a tantalizing prospect that the Queen of Sheba`s place in history may, one day, be established.