Aksum further houses the Queen of Sheba’s Bath and Palace. Mai Shum (meaning chieftain's water) is believed to be the ancient Queen of Sheba's bath or pool. The bath is partly hewn and partly built ...

A similar story about the queen appears in the second book of Chronicles. There isn’t a known place called Sheba in the ancient world. Many scholars have assumed “Sheba” is a reference to Saba, a ...

"According to tradition, it's Queen Sheba's bath," Abbay said. "Some believe there's an ancient curse on its waters." Ahead was a towering stele, or column, 79 feet high and said to weigh 500 tons.