Archaeologists discover ancient works of art in Yemen.Byline: ANI London, April 13 (ANI): An archaeology team in Yemen has discovered ancient works of art in Humat Thiab, 55 km to the east of Dhamar city. A team of archaeologists from the General Organization for Antiquities and Museum (GOAM GOAM Government of Armenia ) in Sana'a and Dhamar, led by Ali Al-Sanabani, head of GOAM in Dhamar, conducted the excavation that led to the new findings. "Humat Thiab is a Himyarite city on a hill surrounded with fertile agricultural fields," said archeologist Ahmad Shamsan, who traveled from Sana'a to lend his expertise to the project. "Much of the ancient city remains untouched. The ancient wall of the city, a group of building foundations, walls and remnants of reservoir are still visible," he explained. "Based on an ancient text and preliminary evidence, the site dates back from the first to the third century AD," he added. "The excavation works have uncovered the northern and eastern parts of the structure of a rectangular building built in black volcanic stones," said Al-Sanabani. The excavation led to findings including a slab of stone engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. with two oxen oxen adult castrated male of any breed of Bos spp. facing a tree known as "tree of life" and an incense burner incense burner n → encensoir m incense burner incense n → Weihrauchschwenker m incense burner n → made of volcanic stone. rcheologists also found a small stone statue of a headless woman in sitting position with two lines of Musnad script -used to write the ancient Himyarite language- on her chest, and some pieces of pottery. "The findings are still under study and we are yet not sure what the building was," Shamsan added. The site has been a priority for GOAM for the last few years to save the history it contains before inhabitants
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