Sponsors and Donors
Merilyn and Gordon S. Hodgson, Falls Church, Virginia
Foundation for Ancient Research & Mormon Studies, Provo Utah
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Yemenia Airlines, Republic of Yemen
Marib Bilquis Hotel, Republic of Yemen
Taj Sheba Hotel, Republic of Yemen
Universal Group of Tours, Republic of Yemen

It is now that we turn our focus to Marib. The government of Yemen has offered the American Foundation the opportunity to return, saying they wanted Wendell Phillip's sister to finish what Wendell Phillips had started at the Mahram Bilqis, the Moon Temple of the Queen of Sheba.

Under the encouragement and guidance of the Prime Minister of Yemen, Abudulkarim al-Iryani and with the approval of the president of the General Organization of Antiquities, Museums and Manuscripts (GOAMM), Professor Yusuf Abdullah, the AFSM formulated a five-year. The Minister of Culture, Dr. Abdulmalik al-Mansour, the President of GOAMM and Merilyn Phillips Hodgson signed AFSM's formal concession document at a televised ceremony.