In Search of King Solomon's Mines A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba

Name: In Search of King Solomon's Mines A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
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ISBN: 9781611454246

ISBN-10: 1611454247

ISBN-13: 9781611454246

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Authors: Tahir Shah

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King Solomon, the Bible’s wisest king, possessed extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold from the porch to the inner sanctum, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. Long before H. Rider Haggard’s classic adventure novel King Solomon’s Mines unleashed gold fever more than a century ago, many had sought to find the source of the great king’s wealth. In this new adventure—a hybrid of Indiana Jones and Herodotus (Sunday Times, London)—Tahir Shah tries his hand at the quest. Intrigued by a map he finds in a shop not far from the site of the temple, Shah assembles a multitude of clues to the location of Solomon’s mines. Some come from ancient texts,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Tahir Shah was born into an Anglo-Afghan family, with roots in the mountain stronghold of the Hindu Kush. Shah's ten books have chronicled a series of fabulous journeys. He lives with his wife and two children in Casablanca. Visit his website: www.tahirshah.com



Acknowledgements


Map



Ali Baba's Map



Seven Stones



The Father of Madness



The Mines



Children of the Devil



Breakfast with Idi Amin



The Emperor's Jeep



Sheba's Gold



The Jinn of Suleiman



The Place of Gold



Prester John



The Mad Sultan



Used Mules



Tullu Wallel



Return to the Accursed Mountain


Glossary


Bibliography