Bly wrote, "Just before we came to Aden we passed in the sea a number of high brown mountains. They are known as the Twelve Apostles." The country of Aden has since been renamed. Where are these "Twelve Apostles," in the country between Oman and Saudi Arabia?

She passed through Aden, in what is now Yemen on the south tip of the Arabian peninsula. The country's location at the gate to the Red Sea means it's historically served as a crossroads of communication and commerce.

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