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Contents Map x Prologue 1 Part I: In Which the Queen of Sheba Appears and her Legend Unfolds 1. In the Monasteries of the East 5 2. I Kings 10 18 3. Songs of Sheba 20 4. The Desert Queen 29 5. With Eyes Shining As Stars 47 6. Touched By the Queen 60 Part II: In Which we Seek Solomon and Sheba in the Holy Land 7. O Jerusalem! 79 8. Looking for Solomon 90 9. Zabibi and Samsi 109 Part III: In a Desert Oasis, an Unexpected Sheba 10. Further Suspects 127 11. The Caliph's Command 130 Part IV: In Which we Venture to a Land of Incense and Spices 12. To Far Arabia 143 13. A Trail of Ruins 161 14. City of Divine and Mysterious Pleasure 180 15. Chiseled in Stone 202 16. A Secret of the Sands 210 Part V: A Journey Reveals the Power and Dominion of the Queen of Sheba 17. The Glory of Kings 221 18. The Holy City of Aksum 230 19. By Dhow from Djibouti 242 20. The Road to Sirwah 251 21. In the House of the South Wind 258 22. Sheba and Solomon 272 Epilogue: Sheba's Tomb 288 Appendix 1: The Names of Sheba 297 Appendix 2: Chronology of the Sabean (Sheban) State 299 Appendix 3: Demon Sheba 302 Appendix 4: Alchemical Sheba 309 Notes 314 Bibliography 337 Acknowledgments 357 Illustration Credits 360 Index 361