Lost civilisation found
NZPA-AFP Naples Italian archeaologists have discovered a previously unknown civilisation, which dates back to between 1000 and 2000 years BC on the Sana’a high plateau in North Yemen, the daily “H Mattino” reports. The Bronze Age civilisation had had a well-devel-oped knowledge of complex irrigation techniques and built circular tombs three
or four metres across, arranged in the shape of a spider’s web, said the expedition’s director, Alessandro de Maigret. The agricultural community, which raised beef and pigs, had a religion based on the earth and fertility. Houses were similar to those in Palestine, with which this previously unknown people apparently had regular contact.
The civilisation established itself before the encroachment of the desert. The Italian expedition also made discoveries in connection with the mythical realm of Saba, which had its heyday in the 500 years before and after Christ. Their discovery was of a large, previously unknown, fortified town spread over 30km.
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Press, 16 December 1985, Page 6
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