WilliamBoyd8
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Has anyone else here heard of Wendell Phillips?
I had a roommate in college (University of California at Berkeley) who was studying paleontology, and he talked about Phillips, who was the famous "old grad" of the department.
Phillips graduated from the University in 1943 with a degree in paleontology.
He did not have much money but was able to talk people into putting up money for an archaeological expedition to Yemen (South Arabia) in the early 1950's to look for the site of the legendary city of Marib, the Queen of Sheba's capital.
His expedition made some significant discoveries but was attacked by tribesmen and had to leave the area.
Phillips then became friends with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and received oil leases from him, making Phillips a wealthy man.
He published the book Qataban and Sheba about his adventures in 1955, which I am now reading.
I had a roommate in college (University of California at Berkeley) who was studying paleontology, and he talked about Phillips, who was the famous "old grad" of the department.
Phillips graduated from the University in 1943 with a degree in paleontology.
He did not have much money but was able to talk people into putting up money for an archaeological expedition to Yemen (South Arabia) in the early 1950's to look for the site of the legendary city of Marib, the Queen of Sheba's capital.
His expedition made some significant discoveries but was attacked by tribesmen and had to leave the area.
Phillips then became friends with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and received oil leases from him, making Phillips a wealthy man.
He published the book Qataban and Sheba about his adventures in 1955, which I am now reading.