Aksum further houses the Queen of Sheba’s Bath and Palace. Mai Shum (meaning chieftain's water) is believed to be the ancient Queen of Sheba's bath or pool. The bath is partly hewn and partly built ...
The royal family’s origin story was set out in an epic, the Kebra Nagast (the “Glory of the Kings”). In the epic, the Queen of Sheba is named Queen Makeda, a worshiper of the sun and the ruler of the ...
There’s no proof the Queen of Sheba actually existed, which may be one reason why her long reign in the popular imagination shows no signs of weakening.