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Digging for the Truth The Real Queen of Sheba (2005– ) Online

Digging for the Truth The Real Queen of Sheba (2005– ) Online
2005– Vicky Matthews
Original Title :
The Real Queen of Sheba
Genre :
TV Episode / Documentary / History / Mystery
Year :
2005–
Directror :
Vicky Matthews
Writer :
William Gardner
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
45min
Rating :
6.1/10

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Digging for the Truth The Real Queen of Sheba (2005– ) Online

Traveling back through time along the ancient incense trails of the Near and Middle East, Josh Bernstein seeks to unearth the real story behind the legends of the mysterious Queen of Sheba. He explores underground churches and ruined temples in northern Ethiopia, and journeys into the volatile tribal deserts of Yemen, where he must first earn the trust of machine gun-toting Bedouin tribesmen before he can explore a forgotten city named for the Bible's most famous queen.
Episode credited cast:
Josh Bernstein Josh Bernstein - Host


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Mautaxe

So who was the Queen of Sheba and what's her problem? She's only mentioned once or twice in the Bible, although there is a variant spelling of her tribal name a few times more.

The Good Book tells us that she visited King Solomon, bringing him presents like frankincense from a place called Sheba. Our host questions some scholars at Catholic University in Washington and discovers that there is only one region where frankincense is grown, and that's down around the Horn of Africa, in Ethiopia, or across the Gulf in Yemen.

So Josh Bernsetein takes us to Ethiopia where he and a friendly informant examine some temples cut out of the rock at a site whose nickname is "The New Jerusalem." Lots of temples carved out of rock, and one is surprisingly ornate.

We'll never know much about the Queen of Sheba although she's entered the popular lexicon. ("Who do you think you are, the Queen of Sheba?") However it's a not uninteresting travelogue of some of the more obscure tourist attractions on earth. Who wants to take the Cook's Tour of Ethiopia or (gulp) Yemen?