The Queen of Sheba has loomed large in poetry and romance. The mysterious Queen, who is said to have visited Solomon in Jerusalem, has cast her spell over poets, painters and storytellers over the centuries. The people of Ethiopia have always claimed her as their own, and to this day boast that her son Menelik fruit of the union between the Queen and Solomon stole the Ark of the Covenant from the Temple in Jerusalem after Solomon s death. For all that, historians have tended to treat both Queen of Sheba and Solomon principally as characters of fairyland and romantic myth. Since Hatshepsut is normally believed to have lived around 500 years before Solomon, such a claim implies a dramatic rewriting of ancient history. It would take a lot of evidence to support such a claim — and evidence, there is. In 1952, Immanuel Velikovsky made an astonishing claim: He announced that not only did the Queen of Sheba exist, but that she had left numerous portraits of herself as well as an account of her famous journey to Israel. The Queen of Sheba was none other than Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh of Egypt who built a beautiful temple outside Thebes, on the walls of which she immortalized the most important event of her life: an expedition to the Land of Punt. Punt, said Velikovsky, was one and the same as Israel. Since then, historian Emmet Scott has continued where Velikovsky left off. This book is written in the manner of a historical detective work, looking at a wide variety of types of evidence. Scott includes a critical examination of the literature which has grown around this topic over the past several decades. The approach is interdisciplinary, with the findings of archaeology quoted alongside the testimony of ancient authors such as Josephus and Herodotus, as well as the Bible. The book is designed to provide a scholarly addition to the literature, of use to students and researchers. The story is important to all who are interested in the history of the region, from Ancient Egypt to Ancient Israel. Who were the Phoenicians? Where was Punt? Scott brings forward a wealth of additional evidence, and it makes for a great read. Emmet Scott is an independent writer and researcher who has published numerous articles and several books taking an alternative view of ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean civilization.