From Newsweek International:
The mystery surrounding the Queen of Sheba and the land she ruled has been fueled by southern Yemen’s impenetrability. The country’s harsh desert landscape still has few roads, and its notoriously well-armed tribes make travel risky.
Inside the Land of Sheba.(Yemen) by Pepper, Tara
Source: Newsweek International, June 17, 2002.
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