The Lost City of Solomon and Sheba: An African Mystery

It sounds like something out of an Indiana Jones film - a lost civilisation, gold mines, the legendary King Solomon and his lover the Queen of Sheba - but this is the real thing. Despite being investigated by the Royal Geographical Society in 1893, the remains of a ruined empire lying in south-central Africa, including 20,000 stone monuments, temples, forts and sculptures, are still an enigma. Following in the literary footsteps of H Rider Haggard, Robin Brown-Lowe explores the origins of thi…