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Thaler Memories in Yemen

Fahad al-Anbari has posted on Facebook several images of the silver Maria Theresa thaler, first minted in Austria in 1741. In Yemen, as...

Frogs in Yemeni Dialects

The Facebook site of Fahd al-Anbari is an amazing resource for all aspects of Yemen's rich cultural heritage. Here is a recent post on...

Destruction of al-Jawf's Heritage

الهيئة العامة للأثار والمتاحف - الجمهورية اليمنية · مدن الجوف .. مستباحة كانت زيارة تفقدية اختلطت فيها مشاعر الدهشة بالأسف ، دهشة من...

Aden in 1864

From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoum. Note the number of sailboats in the harbor.

Sanaa Merchants a Century Ago

An amazing photo from a Facebook Site devoted to old photographs of Yemen.

Spinning Cotton in Sanaa

Always ignore the Google translation... My thanks to Dr. Jarhoom for posting this and many other items of Yemen's rich cultural heritage.

Yemen Goes Solar

A Disappeared Gate of Sanaa

This image, posted on the Facebook site of Hussain al-Amree, is taken from Der Jemen, das verbotene Land. Econ Verlag, 1959. It was taken...

Rock over rock

Impressive rock formation. It is best to ignore the automatic Google Translate... From the Facebook site of Fahad al-Anbari.

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