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Dirt After Dark: The Queen of Sheba
Bonus Episode29th January 2021 • The Dirt Podcast • The Dirt Podcast
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This month, Amber drags Anna back to Arabia, where we discuss possibly its most famous inhabitant of all time: the Queen of Sheba. We look at the source material and the archaeology before really getting into it to discuss racism, misogyny, camels, and cringe archaeologists. 

1 Kings 10: The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon  

2 Chronicles 9: The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 

Surah an-Nami 

The kingdoms of ancient South Arabia (British Museum)

In search of the real Queen of Sheba” (National Geographic)

Camel bones challenge the timing of some Bible stories (PRI)

How black women were whitewashed by art (BBC Culture)

Queen of Sheba's gold found by archaeologists (PRI)

The Queen of Sheba’s Hairy Legs (Beautiful in Theory)

Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam 

Bilquis, Queen Of Sheba, And American Gods (The Fandomentals)

The Complex Legacy of America's Lawrence of Arabia (Smithsonian)

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