Old painting on goat
skin depicting the story
of Queen of Sheba meeting King
Solomon a
story written in the Old
Testament!
Also
when ever Queen of Sheba
is mentioned,
a lion is always in the
picture!
An ancient palace in Yeha near
Axum believed to be the home of Maqeeba otherwise known as the Queen of
Sheba!.
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The
story of Queen of Sheba and King Solomon is told in the Bible and has
for sure brought a lot of controversy. Reading the story told in
the bible chapter Kings 10.6-13
Reading in the Old Testament Kings 10.6
...and the Queen of Sheba said to king Solomon "I have heard a report
about your accomplishments and your wisdom ..." "but now I
have met you and see with my own eyes, I believe that is true and the
wisdom and prosperity far surpass my expectations! The passage in the
Bible continuous "king Solomon gave Queen Sheba all what she
desired..." The Kebra Negast, an old Ethiopian book suggests here that
King Solomon fulfill her wish to have a sun with her...
Anyway in
this chapter we find plenty details and one can only think that
the visit of Queen of Sheba to meet King
Solomon surely took place!
Ethiopia is
claiming homage of the Queen of Sheba and in its culture she is called Maqeeba.
Yemen also claims the same Queen and her name there was Bilquis! In Yemen
except the great dam in Mareb there is not any archeological site or a significant
palace to show evidence of
any Queen residence...
When we were visiting a very ancient
glorious palace at Yeha site north of the city of Axum in Ethiopia we
noticed that it included a big primitive stone bath with a spring next
to it! Contrary to what archeologists and historians say, I think
that there is a strong evidence of a Queen leaving there! I strongly
believe that this was the place of an ancient civilization
that unfortunately did not leave us any scrolls, sculptures or engravings... but let
this not to be a reason for not believing of their existence!
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Cathedral in France where
in the big North entrances Queen of Sheba is depicted along with her
servant engraved as a statue on huge clumn!
Parzival
is an opera from Wagner in Germany based on
an early play written by a German
writer Wolfgang von Eshenbach around the 13th century...
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