He is the only one who is allowed to go in the chapel, and must choose the next guard prior to his death. Aksum further houses the Queen of Sheba’s Bath and Palace. Mai Shum (meaning chieftain's water ...

she’s been an elusive figure who’s proved highly adaptable — a wise and powerful monarch; an idolatrous sun worshiper; the founding mother of an Ethiopian dynasty; a Black feminist pop icon. There’s ...

Before leaving, she pays tribute to the king by giving him gold, precious stones and spices. A similar story about the queen appears in the second book of Chronicles. There isn’t a known place called ...

Saba, meanwhile, sings of the legendary Queen of Sheba’s camel journey to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. The masinqo - a one-stringed fiddle - plays an ancient Hebrew melody at the end ...

For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant. The ark is believed to contain the 10 commandments ...