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Talk Abstract
Most people have heard the legendary stories about the bold and beautiful Queen of Sheba and her illicit affair with King Solomon. Fewer know of an alternate version in which she spurns Solomon in favor of his palace architect, Hiram Abiff. A closer look at these legends, in turn, lends support to the incendiary possibility that the ancient city of Jerusalem was located in Arabia, not Israel, calling into question the Jewish people’s claim to the Holy Land. Were the medieval Knights Templar aware of this geographic uncertainty? And could Templar treasure secreted on Nova Scotia’s Oak Island be the key to proving the truth?