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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8215585, member: 110226&quot;]That sounds like a good project for a history sleuth, maybe even for an episode of Secrets of the Dead on PBS.&nbsp; It also reminds me of the controversy around the abandonment of the Mayan cities of Palenque, Copán, Tikal, and Calakmul after the 9th century AD.&nbsp; Some archeologists think environmental factors, and over- population might have contributed, in addition to disease and war.</p><p><br /></p><p>On another matter, I was wondering if you could help clear up a little bit of confusion on my part.&nbsp; I recently purchased this drachm from a dealer at the San Jose show.&nbsp; On the label, the drachm is described as being both Sabean and Himyarite.&nbsp; I have always assumed that this type is Sabean, and that the Himyarite drachms were later and patterned after the new style owls of the 2nd-1st centuries BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Weren&#039;t the Sabeans and Himyarites distinct groups, with their own language and governing two distinct kingdoms? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442032[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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