Tourism: Mystery of Bilikisu Sugbon Tomb
Interestingly, there is no any link either in the Bible or Quran as where Queen Of Sheba, the Wife of Solomon or Sulaiman was buried in Nigeria but no one has ever proved that her grave is anywhere than Oke-eri, Ijebu North East, Ogun State South west Nigeria ....Bilikisu Sugbon Tomb is One of the tourist attractions in Nigeria. Its mystery is, the shrine do clean itself no matter the numbers of leaves that drop on the center of the grave, infact it is established that weeds had not grown on the grave over 1,000 years.
In 1999, a group of archaeologists from
the Bournemouth University, United Kingdom led by Professor Patrick
Darling made the first ever recorded scientific
attempt at uncovering the mysteries behind the
famed grave of the Queen of Sheba.
The impressive size and complex construction of Sungbo
Eredo drew worldwide media attention in September of
1999 when Professor Patrick Darling, an archaeologist
then with the University of Bournemouth, surveyed the
site and began publicising his bid to preserve the Eredo
and bring the site some prominence. Professor Darling’s
efforts have apparently not been enough to give the
Eredo the prominence he imagined.
Closely
associated with Bilikisu was the Sungbo Eredo wall,
remnants of which can be found in different places in
Ijebu land. Reputed to be 100 miles in length and 70ft
in height, it was a great archeological find dating
several thousand years. Darling and his team made
excavations at the wall but could not link it to
Bilikisu Sugbon.This wall according to oral tradition
was built by Bilikisu and if this claim is proven,
Bilikisu’s grave may assume a more important
potential in world tourism and even rival the great
pyramids of Egypt
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