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The Queen of Sheba by H St John Philby (Quartet Books, 1981)
From The Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner (Vintage , 1995)
The Queen of Sheba and her Only Son Menyelek by E Wallis Budge (Oxford University Press, 1932)
The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
The Queen of Sheba: Treasures from Ancient Yemen edited by John Simpson (British Museum Press, 2002)
Ancient Ethiopia by David Phillipson (British Museum Press, 1998)
The Monuments of Aksum by David Phillipson (British Museum Press, 1998)
Arabia and the Arabs from the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam by Robert G Hoyland (Routledge, 2001)
The Southern Gates of Arabia by Freya Stark (John Murray, 2003 )
Orientalism by Edward Said (Penguin Books, 1991)
About the author
Michael Wood is the writer and presenter of many critically acclaimed television series, including In the Footsteps of...series. Born and educated in Manchester, Michael did postgraduate research on Anglo-Saxon history at Oxford. Since then he has made over 60 documentary films and written several best selling books. His films have centred on history, but have also included travel, politics and cultural history.
Published: 03-02-2005
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