Archaeology and the Queen of Sheba

by drmsheiser | Feb 13, 2012

I’ve seen a couple news items in the last several days about the possible discovery of a gold mine that archaeologists suspect may be associated with the biblical story of the Queen of Sheba. Examples include this story and this post from the Bible Places blog.

This doesn’t look like paleobabble. That said, it looks like it will be some time before the true nature of the discovery is known. The presence of a Sabean inscription is certainly promising.  If the site turns out to produce more textual material it would be especially interesting. I’m not expecting anything that would shed any light on the Ethiopian legend of Menelik I (the presumed child of a presumed liaison between Solomon and the queen). That would be beyond cool.

Editor’s note: proof editing and removed broken link.

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3 Comments

  1. Lost Angel
    Lost Angel on February 20, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Yep I agree it is interesting.. I recently read Hareetz about ethiopian jews, there are still doing sacrifices like 2500 years ago and rabbis dress likewise ; these descendants are not allowed to perform wedding in Israel.. apparently some are denied rent..

    http://www.haaretz.com/misc/search-results?startDate=&author=&sort_method=relevance&page=2&q=ethiopian+jews&submitBtn=textSearch&endDate=&view=results&search_type=site

    http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/ethiopian-jews-are-not-alone-they-are-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-victims-of-israeli-intolerance-1.409242

    http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ethiopian-man-kiryat-malakhi-contractor-refused-to-sell-me-a-home-1.408866

  2. Lost Angel
    Lost Angel on February 20, 2012 at 11:45 am

    There found the religious ritual anachronism of ethiopian jews and current orthodox jews..