The Ottoman presence in Yemen Divided into two periods, first period from 945 AH until 1045 AH and then the second from 1289 AH until 1336 AH, Ottomans interested during their presence in Yemen to establish different types of charitable buildings especially, religious buildings, which include Mosques, Madrassas and Shrines. The aim of interest of...Read More

Light is a universal theme. Scholars have discussed its theosophical points, but it has rarely been addressed archeologically. Can light, though immaterial and evanescent, be understood and thus become an archeological object? Different sources – photometrical, archeological, and textual – point to the possibilities of exploiting light, either directly – through objects that transform or...Read More