‘Worms from Hell’

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We’re looking for a province of South Africa for the Geo Quiz this time. It’s located near the center of the country and it borders tiny landlocked Lesotho. This is a province that’s peppered with gold mines. Some extend a mile down or more. A team of scientists has made a discovery way down there …
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Yemen

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On this week’s history podcast a look at the archaeology and history of Yemen. First we hear from University of Chicago archaeologist McGuire Gibson. He’s worked in Yemen since the 1970′s. Then Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton, fills us in on Yemen’s recent history. Thomas Kuehn of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver tells us about Yemen under the Ottomans and how it might be relevant today. Among other things these folks emphasize Yemen’s strategic location and geography, its stunning beauty and its continuous and unbroken history going way back.