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...grabs the headlines, here you will find Commander's Palace, which the prestigious James Beard Foundation has namedbest restaurant in the country. Try the Louisiana court bouillon, a fish soup with crabmeat, shrimp and oysters simmered in a white wine broth. For dessert, don't miss the chocolate fudge Sheba, a double mousse pie dipped in white chocolate with toasted pecans...
...anyway? Matthew's word Magi is a vague clue, since it can mean astronomers, wise men or magicians and was applied to people from all over. The gifts they bore--gold, frankincense and myrrh--hint at Arabia, since unrelated Bible stories describe camel trains of similar tribute emanating from Sheba and Midian, both on that peninsula. Their interest in stars suggests Babylon, famous for its astrologers. The happiest guess of all turned out to be the one made in the 4th century by the decorators of the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, whose golden entry mosaic featured the Magi...
...last week, left both men reeling at home and facing similar dilemmas: give in to extremists and further destabilize the region, or hold the line domestically and face political fallout. "They are each other's best friends, these Hindu fundamentalists and the Islamic fundamentalists," said New Delhi peace activist Sheba Chhachhi. "And now these attacks will help them both...
...excavations have also showed that the temple was a major pilgrimage center long before the Queen of Sheba was born. The evidence - inscriptions, wall paintings, fragments of bronze statues, pottery vessels, animal bones and 2,000-year-old pieces of frankincense that still retain their distinctive fragrance - indicates that the site was used continuously from at least 1200 B.C. until the 6th century A.D. The potsherds are particularly important, Glanzman says. "They may be the key to sequencing the archaeological history of the region. The technology is very sophisticated and shows a high level of civilization." References in the inscriptions...
...social history, including a chronology of Sabaean kings (the first that researchers have found), as well as the names of other important visitors to Mahram Bilqis and their genealogies and tribal affiliations. Since some of the names are female, one of them could be that of the Queen of Sheba...