The Queen of Sheba is one of the most alluring names in history, synonymous with the exotic and erotic. Until now her real story has remained elusive. Who was she? Did she have a child by King Solomon of Israel? How did her nation grow so powerful, only to vanish beneath the sands of time?

Referred to in the New Testament, the Hebrew Bible, the Qur’an and Ethiopian history, she was the ruler of the ancient kingdom of Sheba, which may have included both Yemen and Ethiopia. A somewhat mysterious character, Sheba has been called various names by different people at different times in history.

This film was produced to accompany a major British Museum exhibition and the filmmakers gained exclusive access to the excavation of the Queen of Sheba's temple in the arid heartland of Yemen, to unveil the enigmatic riddle of this mysterious queen.