Those Timna findings and the details of Phillips' legendary life are the focus of an exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Unearthing Arabia: The Archaeological Adventures of Wendell ...

That’s what American archaeologist Wendell Phillips did about 60 years ago as part of an ad­ven­ture on the Arabian Peninsula. Phillips was looking for the ancient cities of Timna and Marib.

Wendell Phillips is often described as America's Lawrence of Arabia. In 1949 he put together the largest archaeological expedition to Yemen, hoping to find the ancient cities of Timna and Marib ...

When Wendell Phillips encountered the tribes of Marib in Yemen, it didn’t turn out so well for the acclaimed American archaeologist turned oil magnate, then aged 30. “The one big problem that ...

preserved like flowers between the leaves of a book” said Wendell Phillips about South Arabia in the late 1940s as he embarked on an archaeological adventure to Yemen. The accounts of his ...