Posted on 05/31/2026 11:09:29 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Few biblical tales have stirred the imagination across cultures as powerfully as the legendary meeting between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Told in the First Book of Kings (10:1–13), the story describes a mysterious monarch who traveled from a distant land with caravans of gold, spices, and precious stones to test Solomon with riddles and witness his famed wisdom...
Yet, despite the vividness of the episode, the identity and location of her kingdom remain one of the Bible’s enduring mysteries. The two most widely accepted views place Sheba either in southern Arabia (present-day Yemen) or in Ethiopia...
Proponents of the “Yemen theory” point to a historical kingdom that arose in southern Arabia during the 10th century BCE, known as the Sabean Kingdom, or simply Saba. Yemen was renowned throughout antiquity as a global producer of exotic spices...
At the same time, Ethiopian tradition—especially preserved in the Kebra Nagast (“Glory of the Kings,” a sacred Ethiopian text)—firmly places the Queen of Sheba in present-day Ethiopia...
The Bible records that the queen gave Solomon not only spices but also 120 talents of gold (about 4,000 kg or 9,000 lbs). In biblical times, the Horn of Africa was among the world’s richest gold-producing regions, and archaeology in northern Ethiopia has confirmed ancient gold mining. By contrast, Yemen never possessed significant gold deposits...
Some scholars suggest the answer is both. In antiquity, the Red Sea was less a barrier than a bridge. Ancient Ethiopia and Yemen were so interconnected that they may have formed a united kingdom across the sea...
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I think it was both.................
The Queen of Sheba is another ancient ruler who has been hijacked by the race hustle industry. If you dare say she isn’t black in any academic circle, you risk your life.
I have my doubts about that. See graph below. The unlabeled red hump to the left of the Roman Warm Period (above the #3, meaning 3 thousand years ago) shows that the Minoan Warming Period topped out around the time of King Solomon. Higher temps --> higher sea levels.
I’ve been thinking of writing a screenplay called “The Last of Sheba”. It starts out a sea vessel named Sheba and I invite several of Shebas closest confidants to play a game. It starts off with matching people with their innermost sinful acts. The purpose is to expose Shebas real killer.
I think of Anne Lockhart.
I think of Yvonne Romain.
There's rules about pictures.
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In antiquity, the Red Sea was less a barrier than a bridge.
I have my doubts about that
I suspect the authors are saying it was more a bridge than a barrier, because it was much easier to travel by water than by land.
Sweet little Sheba
You’d know her if you see her
Blue eyes and a pony tail
Cheeks are rosey
She looks a little nosey
Man that little girl is fine..
Probably running from Ahab the Arab...Sheik of the burning sand
As a teenager living in Ethiopia in 1968 I visited what was called the Queen Of Sheba’s Temple. It was basically a ruins, but the folks running the place said it was hers.
It’s one of those things a person never forgets.
And I frequented the Red Sea a few times to see Israeli gun boats on patrol. And stayed in a classy Beirut Hotel when that city was referred to as the Paris of the Middle East. This was before the muzzies blew it all to hell and still are.
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