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Sheba, [a] or Saba, [b] was an ancient South Arabian kingdom in modern-day Yemen [3] whose inhabitants were known as the Sabaeans [c] or the tribe of Sabaʾ which, for much of the 1st millennium BCE, were indissociable from the kingdom itself. [4]
The Temple of Awwam (Arabic: معبد أوام, Sabaean: 𐩱𐩥𐩣), commonly known as Mahram Bilqis (Arabic: محرم بلقيس, romanized: Mḥrm blqīs, lit. 'Sanctuary of the Queen of Sheba') by locals, [2] was the main Sabaean temple dedicated to their national god, Almaqah (frequently called "Lord of ʾAwwām" [3]), and it is also the largest known temple complex in South Arabia, [2 ...
It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَبَأ), [1] [2] which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame. [3] It is about 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Yemen's modern capital, Sanaa, and is in the region of the Sarawat Mountains. [4] In 2005 it had a population of 16,794.
The Queen of Sheba, [a] known as Bilqis [b] in Yemeni and Islamic tradition and as Makeda [c] in Ethiopian tradition, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon .
Sabaean Studies, the study of the cultures of Ancient South Arabia, belong to the younger branches of archaeology since in Europe ancient South Arabia remained unknown for much longer than other regions of the Orient. In 1504 a European, namely the Italian Lodovico di Varthema, first managed to venture into the interior. [1]
The city of Sana'a was the military center of the pre-Islamic kingdom of the Sabeans and was an important center for the Himyarite Kingdom. [3] The mosque, commissioned by Muhammad, who instructed for its construction within the garden of the Persian governors, [6] was built upon the ruins of Sheba's Ghumdan Palace, [1] between the two areas of Sana'a at the time: al-Qati and al-Sirar. [7]
The Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib (Arabic: معالم مملكة سبأ القديمة, romanized: maʿālim mamlaka Sabaʿa al-Qadīma) is a serial property consisted of seven archeological sites in Marib Governorate, eastern Yemen. [1]
Sheba (Hebrew: שְׁבָא) also known as Saba' is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis.He is traditionally believed to be an ancient king of Yemen.He also plays a huge role in Arabian folklore as being the ancestor of the tribes of Sabaeans and later Himyarites who ruled Yemen until the middle of the 6th century CE.