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Putting the Queen of Sheba to the Test
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
September 5, 2003| Author:
Nora Boustany
| Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
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Wars and calamities aside, civilizations have a way of sustaining
themselves. Ask Ricardo Eichmann, an archaeologist who is applying
science to the story of the queen of Sheba, and has found no sign
that she ever existed.
Eichmann is not the first skeptic to doubt the existence of the
legendary monarch. But in speaking today at a symposium about the
glamorous queen, the German archaeologist will add a degree of
expertise that comes from a series of twice-yearly, two-month visits
to th...
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