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Coordinates: 15° 34′ 29″ N, 43° 54′ 5″ E

Dating to the Himyarite period, the town of Thula is very well preserved and includes traditional houses and mosques. Archaeological investigation discovered Sabaean period ruins with massive stone architecture beneath the Himyarite. Thula is one of five towns in Yemen on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

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Pictures taken with a Rolleiflex 6800 and scanned with a Nikon LS 9000 ED

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Yemen: The Republic of Yemen (ﺍﻟﺠﻤﻬﻮﺭﯾّﺔ اليمنية) in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia was between 2200 BC and the 6^th century AD part of several kingdoms like the Sabaean one. Islamic caliphs began in the 7^th century to control the area. … [Read more]

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