Post by Tamrin on Jan 11, 2009 7:19:48 GMT 10
Queen of Sheba's Palace
Discovered in Ethiopia, University Says
[Excerpt - Article by Catherine Hickley, Selam Africa - Linked Above]
Discovered in Ethiopia, University Says
[Excerpt - Article by Catherine Hickley, Selam Africa - Linked Above]
May 8 (Bloomberg) -- A team of archaeologists from the University of Hamburg said they discovered the Queen of Sheba's palace and an altar that may have once held the Ark of the Covenant in Axum, Ethiopia.
A Christian king built a new palace over the 10th-century B.C. structure, which probably didn't survive for very long, the university said in a statement. The altar, oriented toward the star Sirius, has two columns and may have been where the Ark of the Covenant, the holiest treasure of early Judaism, was kept until the first temple was built in Axum, the researchers said.
A Christian king built a new palace over the 10th-century B.C. structure, which probably didn't survive for very long, the university said in a statement. The altar, oriented toward the star Sirius, has two columns and may have been where the Ark of the Covenant, the holiest treasure of early Judaism, was kept until the first temple was built in Axum, the researchers said.
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