Archaeologists Find Statue Of Ancient Yemeni Queen

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[18 March 2009]
DHAMAR
(Saba News)

– A Yemeni archaeologist team has discovered a mosaic statue of a woman sitting on a throne with her chest engraved with Musnad letters.

The archaeologists also found other relics including a stone board with faith signs engraved on it.

Two pulls separated by a tree were carved on the stone board, a symbol that was know as "Life's Tree"
in ancient Yemeni civilization, director of the authority Ali al-Sanabani said.

Other symbols like crescent were imprinted on found relics.

The discoveries were revealed during excavations at a site in Dhamar province  where the team found  buildings that were used to give sacrifices.

Al-Sanabani expected the site is a trace of the Yatrib city of the Sheba civilization.



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