Sabaeans

For the language, see Sabaean language.

Main article: Ancient history of Yemen

Not to be confused with Sabians, adherents to one of a group of related religions.

The Bar'an temple in Ma'rib, the ancient capital of the Sabaean Kingdom. Built in the 8th century BC, it was a place of worship for nearly 1000 years.

The Sabaeans or Sabeans (Arabic: السبأيون‎ as-Saba’iyūn) were an ancient people speaking an Old South Arabian language who lived in what is today Yemen, in the south west of the Arabian Peninsula. Some Sabaeans also lived in D'mt, located in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, due to their hegemony over the Red Sea.^[1]
Some scholars suggest a link between the Sabaeans and the Biblical land of Sheba