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| archaeologist with the beautiful 'Miriam' screen shot |
His name is unfamiliar to many, including me, but his expedition changed the way we see history. It also may have been the world's last chance to discover more about early life in that particular region. The continuing instability of Yemen, the Middle Eastern country in which American archaeologist Wendell Phillips and his team excavated the remains of ancient villages and their treasures, has kept other teams out (
http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-museum-of-me.html,
http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2013/05/from-ground-up.html). In fact, it was that instability that drove Phillips from the country back in 1949 (story, video):
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29546161
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