Digging up evidence of the Queen of Sheba^s wealth page 1
oblivion
12th February 2012, 02:43 AM
It's almost Indiana Jones-esque. A legendary queen, her empire, and the source of her treasures.
Almost 3,000 years ago, the ruler of Sheba, which spanned modern-day Ethiopia (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ethiopia) and Yemen, arrived in Jerusalem with vast quantities of gold to give to King Solomon. Now an enormous ancient goldmine, together with the ruins of a temple and the site of a battlefield, have been discovered in her former territory.
Louise Schofield, an archaeologist and former British Museum curator, who headed the excavation on the high Gheralta plateau in northern Ethiopia, said: "One of the things I've always loved about archaeology (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/archaeology) is the way it can tie up with legends and myths. The fact that we might have the Queen of Sheba's mines is extraordinary."
An initial clue lay in a 20ft stone stele (or slab) carved with a sun and crescent moon, the "calling card of the land of Sheba", Schofield said. "I crawled beneath the stone – wary of a 9ft cobra I was warned lives here – and came face to face with an inscription in Sabaean, the language that the Queen of Sheba would have spoken."
On a mound nearby she found parts of columns and finely carved stone channels from a buried temple that appears to be dedicated to the moon god, the main deity of Sheba, an 8th century BC civilisation that lasted 1,000 years. It revealed a victory in a battle nearby, where Schofield excavated ancient bones.
Although little is known about her, the queen's image inspired medieval Christian mystical works in which she embodied divine wisdom, as well as Turkish and Persian paintings, Handel's oratorio Solomon, and Hollywood films. Her story is still told across Africa and Arabia, and the Ethiopian tales are immortalised in the holy book the Kebra Nagast.
Hers is said to be one of the world's oldest love stories. The Bible says she visited Solomon to test his wisdom by asking him several riddles. Legend has it that he wooed her, and that descendants of their child, Menelik – son of the wise – became the kings of Abyssinia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/12/archaeologists-and-quest-for-sheba-goldmines
Almost 3,000 years ago, the ruler of Sheba, which spanned modern-day Ethiopia (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ethiopia) and Yemen, arrived in Jerusalem with vast quantities of gold to give to King Solomon. Now an enormous ancient goldmine, together with the ruins of a temple and the site of a battlefield, have been discovered in her former territory.
Louise Schofield, an archaeologist and former British Museum curator, who headed the excavation on the high Gheralta plateau in northern Ethiopia, said: "One of the things I've always loved about archaeology (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/archaeology) is the way it can tie up with legends and myths. The fact that we might have the Queen of Sheba's mines is extraordinary."
An initial clue lay in a 20ft stone stele (or slab) carved with a sun and crescent moon, the "calling card of the land of Sheba", Schofield said. "I crawled beneath the stone – wary of a 9ft cobra I was warned lives here – and came face to face with an inscription in Sabaean, the language that the Queen of Sheba would have spoken."
On a mound nearby she found parts of columns and finely carved stone channels from a buried temple that appears to be dedicated to the moon god, the main deity of Sheba, an 8th century BC civilisation that lasted 1,000 years. It revealed a victory in a battle nearby, where Schofield excavated ancient bones.
Although little is known about her, the queen's image inspired medieval Christian mystical works in which she embodied divine wisdom, as well as Turkish and Persian paintings, Handel's oratorio Solomon, and Hollywood films. Her story is still told across Africa and Arabia, and the Ethiopian tales are immortalised in the holy book the Kebra Nagast.
Hers is said to be one of the world's oldest love stories. The Bible says she visited Solomon to test his wisdom by asking him several riddles. Legend has it that he wooed her, and that descendants of their child, Menelik – son of the wise – became the kings of Abyssinia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/12/archaeologists-and-quest-for-sheba-goldmines
Jerome
12th February 2012, 02:47 AM
subscribing
ericv00
15th February 2012, 09:37 PM
I can't wait until far future archeologists are excavating Fort Knox!
Adenosine
16th February 2012, 02:33 AM
I can't wait until far future archeologists are excavating Fort Knox!
lol, like the US will have any gold left in fifty years.
lol, like the US will have any gold left in fifty years.
Grumps
21st February 2012, 12:55 PM
I can't wait until far future archeologists are excavating Fort Knox!
Future archaeologists won't be excavating ruins, they'll be trying to resurrect dead computers for information.
Future archaeologists won't be excavating ruins, they'll be trying to resurrect dead computers for information.
ksen
21st February 2012, 09:53 PM
Guys, there is no gold at Fort Knox.
Jerome
1st May 2012, 02:25 AM
:hmmm:
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