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The age-old mystery as to why our ancestors chose to preserve their dead has been given an extraordinary twist with the discovery of a wholly new mummy-making culture in the Republic of Yemen, a land the Bible calls the ends of the Earth.
Only recently has this ancient, remote and inaccessible country opened its doors and allowed scientists to unlock it secrets. The latest news to come out of the Yemen is startling. There are reports that the ancient Arabians preserved their dead transforming them into mummies hiding them high up on cliff faces.
Archaeologists who travelled to the land of the legendary Queen of Sheba are now speculating about whether the Shebans did develop a mummification culture to rival that of the Egyptians. Their findings could rewrite the story of the ancient world as we know it.
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