YEMEN 2012
Project for the dissemination of the Italian Archaeological. Expedition’s commitment in Yemen
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The exhibition The Throne of the Queen of Sheba. Culture and Diplomacy between Italy and Yemen was held at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome from October 10, 2012 to February 13, 2013 (click here to download the flyer of the exhibition). The exhibition provided a historical, material and sociocultural profile of ancient Yemeni culture and, for the first time, displayed over 150 artistic and archaeological artifacts, including ancient statuary, bronze artifacts, stone reliefs, inscriptions from the Museum’s collection and manuscripts from the early Islamic period from the Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana. The exhibition was organized in three sections: “Documents”, “From San‘ā to Rome” and “The Throne of the Queen of Sheba”. In addition, the exhibition reviewed the long-term relationship between Italy and Yemen from the late 1800s, recognizing Italy as the first European country to establish formal diplomatic relationships with San‘ā with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations on September 2nd, 1926 (click here to download the press review). The exhibition was supported by the Italian Foreign Ministry in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Italy, the Italian Archaeological Exhibition in Yemen and Monumenta Orientalia.
More information about the dissemination activities can be found here
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