In Search of King Solomon's Mines: A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
Tahir Shahwas born into Afghan nobility in 1966 and grew  up in England. He has worked for the Institute of Cultural Research and with the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge,  and has written widely on the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa,  and South America. When not traveling, he lives in London with  his wife and daughter.