Local lore says that the Queen of Sheba
when to visit King Solomon and while there conceived a child –
Menelik I. Menelik then later went back to Israel, met his father,
and swiped the Ark of the Covenant from him and brought it to Axum.
Menelik's descendents then went on to rule Ethiopia until modern
times, aside from a brief time during the middle ages.
Most historians disagree with the
story, the Queen of Sheba is not thought to be from Ethiopia and even
if she was she lived in a time way before Menelik sat on the thrown
according to popular belief. However, I am reading the Sign and Seal
right now and the author so far sounds pretty sure that the story,
complete with transporting the Ark to Ethiopia, is plausible.
Not that any one can see the Ark. It's
pricey to just get into the church the chapel holding it is, and the
Ark's space can only be accessed by a single priest. I have however
gone to see Queen Sheba's palace in Axum and I can imagine it used
to be quite impressive.
4 comments:
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Very interesting stuff! Shawn from Laughing at Life 2
Interesting. My mother was taken by the Queen of Sheba, and I would love to see her palace.
That's one place I would definitely love to visit one day. I have always loved the Queen's story :)
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