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Article: Unearthing the wonders of Yemen. (Institut du Monde Arabe exhibition of Yemeni artifacts)(includes related article on South Arabian history)
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- The Middle East
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- October 1, 1997
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CHRIS KUTSCHERA reports from Paris on a new exhibition, scheduled to open this month, which is expected to provoke a new wave of fascination into a land of ancient cultures and civilisations.
It all began with a loosely defined concept: Bilqis, the legendary Queen of Saba, who for centuries has fascinated scholars and travellers, researchers and the public at large.
Officials at the Paris-based Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), or Arab World Institute, when mulling over the prospect of staging an exhibition on Yemen, naturally thought that such an event should focus on the Queen of Saba, mentioned in the Koran under her Arab name of Bilqis, and known by the ...