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Zooming Ludovico di Varthema in Yemen

Please mark this talk on your calendars. Tomorrow, April 22nd at 12:25 PM (Central time), Dr. Lily Filson presents Ludovico de Varthema's...

World Heritage Day, April 18

Sanaa On World Heritage Day we celebrate the incredibly rich heritage, tangible and intangible, of Yemen through the ages and through the...

Weights in 19th century Mocha

The 19th century book of W. A. Browne lists weights around the world at the time. The weights used in Mocha are recorded on pp. 242-243....

Queen Elizabeth in Aden, 1954

In 1954 Britain's young Queen Elizabeth visited the port of Aden, then a British protectorate. There is a short Pathe newsreel available...

British bombing near Aden in 1937

رسمه تاريخيه من الصحافة الايطالية توثق قصف الطائرات البريطانية لاحدى القبائل خارج عدن لاعتراضها على شق طريق في اراضيها 2 مايو 1937م from...

Tahirids in German Prints

AIYS member Lily Filson (Tulane University) has received a fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America for a project entitled:...