The True Story Of The Queen Of Sheba

Thanks to her cameo in the Bible, and the many movie and TV adaptations of her story, the Queen of Sheba is one of the most famous and mysterious women of the ancient world. But there’s a lot more to her than her relationship with King Solomon. Here's the true story of the Queen of Sheba.

If we're going to talk about the Queen of Sheba, then we've got to ask a pretty obvious question. Where exactly is Sheba? Well, one theory, illustrated by the BBC, posits that Sheba refers to the Sabaean kingdom in what is now Yemen. So if the queen were heading over to Israel to meet King Solomon, that would make for a really long trek through modern-day Saudi Arabia. Of course, that trip wouldn't be impossible for a determined queen with access to a lot of camels.

However, the country that claims the Queen of Sheba most strongly is Ethiopia. Yes, it's a little farther from Israel than Yemen. It's also landlocked thanks to the present country of Somalia. But Christian Science Monitor confirms that Ethiopia had a lot of interaction with Israel and its neighboring nations back in the day as a country that served as a gateway to the Middle East. Need proof? Well, present-day Ethiopians' DNA is 40-50 percent based outside of Africa, languages that originated in the Middle East are spoken in Ethiopia, and the two regions even share farming techniques and crops.

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Where was she from? | 0:00
Did Solomon want her land? | 1:12
The Queen and King Solomon | 1:58
Her (possible) kingdom was sweet | 2:36
Her grave has yearly visitors | 3:36
She was rolling in spices | 4:11
Legends say she was goat-like | 5:08
Did she worship the sun? | 6:13
Middle East needs more plants | 7:20
Home of the ark | 8:05
She had power after death | 8:59

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