Yemeni archaeological mission discovered new archaeological graves and ancient settlements including mummies and sarcophaguses in addition to a number of stoneware in various areas of Shabwa governorate (east of Yemen) referred to pre-history centuries. YAMA's Director in Shabwa Khairan Mohsen al-Zubaidi told 22May website that the excavation sites or monuments found out reached to new (29) archaeological sites in areas of Ataq, Gardan, and al-Arawdha districts. This came as a result of the first phase of the survey." It is 25 archaeological sites scattered in mountainous series of those districts in addition to some (65) rocky graves", al-Zubaidi said. 
"The mission also found traces of four primitive settlements as well as a number of stoneware of different shapes and sizes", he added.