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Queen of Sheba : treasures from ancient Yemen / edited by St John Simpson.

Contributor(s): Simpson, St John | British Museum
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, [England] : British Museum Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714111511 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780714111513 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Yemen (Republic) -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions | Yemen (Republic) -- Civilization -- Exhibitions | Sheba, Queen of -- Exhibitions | Art, Yemeni -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 939/.49 LOC classification: DS247.Y43 | Q44 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Queen of Sheba in western popular culture, 1850-2000 / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Legends of the Queen of Sheba / Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti -- Saba' and the Sabaeans / Christian Robin -- Kings, kingdoms and chronology / Robert Hoyland -- Before Sheba / Christopher Edens -- Trade, incense and perfume / Nigel Groom -- Agriculture and the countryside / Tony J. Wilkinson -- Arts, crafts and industries / William D. Glanzman -- Architecture / Jean-Francois Breton -- Languages and writing / Francois Bron -- Religion / Alexander Sima -- Death and funerary practices / Burkhard Vogt.

Catalog of an exhibition at the British Museum, London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Queen of Sheba in western popular culture, 1850-2000 / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Legends of the Queen of Sheba / Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti -- Saba' and the Sabaeans / Christian Robin -- Kings, kingdoms and chronology / Robert Hoyland -- Before Sheba / Christopher Edens -- Trade, incense and perfume / Nigel Groom -- Agriculture and the countryside / Tony J. Wilkinson -- Arts, crafts and industries / William D. Glanzman -- Architecture / Jean-Francois Breton -- Languages and writing / Francois Bron -- Religion / Alexander Sima -- Death and funerary practices / Burkhard Vogt.

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