The Kebra Nagast

The Kebra Nagast, or "The Glory of Kings," is an Ethiopian epic and sacred-historical chronicle that narrates the meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the birth of Menelik I, and the transfer of the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia. Composed in Ge'ez and probably compiled in its extant form during the fourteenth century from biblical, late antique, and Arabic-Christian traditions, the work fu...