Professor Lynne Teather with local traditional priest and associate, chief, community and National Commission of Museums and Monument representatives at the Bilikisu Sungbo Shrine Project at Oke-Eri, near Ijebu Ode. (Image Credit: Lynne Teather)
Posted on 05/19/2005 7:03:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The queen of Sheba was once one of the most powerful leaders in the world but there are few clues left anywhere about this woman who ruled a rich and powerful nation somewhere in Africa -- perhaps, as some archeologists maintain, in what is now southwest Nigeria.
Now, in what may be the site of her last home and gravesite, a University of Toronto professor is trying to unearth the queen's story -- partially told in the Old Testament -- as well as honouring her in the form of a new Nigerian museum and interpretive centre.
"Each year both Muslim and Christian religious pilgrims come to this site in Ike-Eri, Nigeria, to pray and honour the queen of Sheba (also known as Bilikisu Sungbo to those of the Islamic faith) even though Ethiopia maintains that she is actually buried in their country," says professor and museologist Lynne Teather of the Museum Studies program at U of T. "Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions maintain that this is the shrine of the queen and through working with the Bilikisu Sungbo Project, we are trying to not only learn more about this fabulous queen, but to establish a feasibility study on how we can marry tourism to this heritage site."
Teather wants to research how new roads to a planned museum, new employment opportunities and other social pressures associated with making this an attraction will impact on the local population while at the same time trying to uncover the history of this little-known historical figure.
"One of the challenges for archeologists and researchers such as me is that while there may be lots of oral tradition of Bilikisu Sungbo at this location, no one is allowed to excavate anything as it's a religious site. Therefore we will have to employ other research methods," says Teather.
What? She didn't look like Gina Lollobrigida? Another illusion shattered...
In other words Voodoo and mysticism trumps science once again. I note the site wasn't so religious that they were forbidden to paint it full of tourist signs in a language not spoken locally.
My guess: not a frigging thing under the cement.
Bing! ??? Cement? In the middle Africa in ancient times? . . . NEXT!
Am I going to get email from Sheba about sharing $40 mil, or that she wants to buy my merchandise for her store in Nigeria and if I take credit cards?
The Arabians were for centurys governed by the descendentsof Joktan,who peopled the south-westof Arabia. Yarab one of the sons of Joktan founded the kingdom of Yaman, in which was included the kingdom of Sheba. Taken from The Life and Religion of Mohammed The Prophet of Arabia.By Rev. JL Menezes. This book can be ordered from Human Events. A must read.
Queen Sheba
That sounds more easonable than Nigeria
*picks up family cat and holds it in front of computer screen*
Here ya go.
But you see, every great person that ever was was really black. Aristotle was black. Jesus was black. Moses was black. Noah was black. Beethoven was black.
It is a pity that Africans have so little to look back in regarding the accomplishments of their huge continent and its huge numbers of people but rewriting history and deluding oneself is not going to change the fact that for the most part the continent has been a pagan wasteland of little impact on the world (except maybe Egypt and the north) other than our efforts to evangelize it and clean up its health horrors and try to stop them from chopping each other to bits.
and then eating them...
Or gay.
Indeed. Abraham Lincoln was gay of course, but do you think he might have been a little black? I mean did we ever see portraits of his mom?
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"Each year both Muslim and Christian religious pilgrims come to this site in Ike-Eri, Nigeria, to pray and honour the queen of Sheba (also known as Bilikisu Sungbo to those of the Islamic faith) even though Ethiopia maintains that she is actually buried in their country," says professor and museologist Lynne Teather of the Museum Studies program at U of T. "Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions maintain that this is the shrine of the queen and through working with the Bilikisu Sungbo Project, we are trying to not only learn more about this fabulous queen, but to establish a feasibility study on how we can marry tourism to this heritage site."
amen !
Note the classical Ionian Greek style of the columns. © Mark Millmore
The Story of Hatshepsut by David Bediz
Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri (1473-1458 BCE) [reconstruction drawing]
[snip] Here is a portrait of Neferure from Deir el Bahri where she appears in the same diadem and sidelock otherwise worn by male heirs [/snip] -- post by SidneyF on Sun Mar 24, 2013 Did Hatshepsut Intend for Neferure to Succede Her as King?
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