New Britain herald., 1929-08-02

southern Arabia she could have come all the way on camel back, whereas if she had lived in Ethiopia the natural days, would have been up and across the Red Sea by ship.
 While all this is speculative, one thing is definitely known of the an- cient Sabeans. They were great car avan traders, and whether Sheba was their queen or not, they did send their camel caravans in those days not only into Palestine and northern Arabia, but even so far as India.
 The new German theory of the ori- gin of the Queen of Sheba conforms with the Arabic tradition. In Arabic legend they tell many stories of her glory, and even believe that they know the lady's name. which they say was , "Balkis."
 The Arabs will therefore be pleased to learn that Dr. Carl Jungmann agrees with their traditions. Empress Judith, the modern Queen of Sheba," will not be so pleased with these doubts cast on her ancient lineage.
 How strongly she and the Emperor iNdS oi all DCIIcNC litAtS LftttI AdHlIly is actually descended from the ancient Queen and King Solomon is indicated by the fact that at the coronation not only was the Emperor hailed as "Lion of the Tribe of Juda," but two actual, live, chained lions, nervous and glaring like huge, restless tame cats, crouched beside him on the throne
 Interest in the ethnological aspects of Ras Tafari, as a descendant of King Solomon, was recently sharply whetted by the discovery, reported in cable dispatches, of the mummy of Solo, mons favorite wife. It was exhumed in magnificent burial vault in Jerusa- lem, where it had lain for 5000 years.
 A Cairo newspaper Al Mokatam, is accredited with having instituted the search which led to the sensational find
 As it afterward turned out. the Cairo paper had, innocenty enough, reprinted the story of the rich find from a Palestine weekly, thinking it simply news and not realizing that it had been intended as pure and simple fiction. But at that, it made good reading and helped to reawaken in- terest in solomon. Following is a di- gest of the original story:
 The queens burial chamber is said to be more gorgeous than that of King Fut-anEh-amer of Egypt. It was built by king Solomon, whose reign began some S97 years ago, for Mott Maris. his Egyptian consort, who met her death in attempting to thwart a plot against her royal husband.
 4 golden coffin which w,e o,e;l, ra earthed, contained the mummy of Mott Mars. It had been brought by Solo mon from Memphis to Jerusalem. The body was wrapped in rich coverings embelllshed with precious stones.
 A parchment scroll, containing Hebrew writing, said to be in King Solomon's own script, had been buried with the body. This document told the tragic circumstances of his wife's death, and highly praised her wifely virtues
 How Mott Maris met her death in the thirty-sixth year of his reign and was buried beneath the palace in which she had lived is set forth on the parch. ment.
 Three months before the queens death, her father, Amento, came from Egypt laden with gifts, but cherishine malicious plans. He was scheminp to oust Solomon from the throne and seize the country for Egypt. Mott was secretly ordered to poison Solo mons wine, but frustrated this mur- derous attempt by drinking the lethal draught herself. While her father. with loud cry of rage, rushed from the room, the queen fell dyinp into the arms of her amazed husband.