Yemen
Links
Yemen Expedition of the University of Heidelberg
Zafar, capital of the Himyar Empire. Images.
Conversations: A Yearning for Yemen
http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=0311/etc/conversations
From Archaeology Magazine, second thoughts on working in the Middle East.
Oriental Institute Archaeological and Environmental Investigation of Yemeni Terraced Agriculture
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/YEM/Yemen.html
This ongoing project seeks to investigate the emergence of the Himyarite kingdom by recording the key factors that would have enabled the kingdom to develop terraced agriculture.
In the Yemeni Desert: Water, Water, Everywhere
http://www.rom.on.ca/pub/an/archno1.html
An extraordinary experience driving down as usual from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to our expedition base of Zabid on the Red Sea coastal plain.
Island Story: Yemeni Style
http://www.rom.on.ca/pub/an/archns3-5.html
A site on the Tihamah coast that purported to be the port of entry for Zabid's Indian Ocean trade goods.
The Thrones of Zabid
http://www.rom.on.ca/pub/an/archns1.html
The current mandate of the ROM Zabid project in Yemen is to continue to learn about how a medieval Islamic university city developed and functioned.
The Old Walled City of San
http://www.worditude.com/ebooks/unescopdf/sana_eng.pdf
The San, described by the poets as the pearl of Arabia and the UNESCO attempt to save it.