TREASURE SEARCH

Southland Times, Issue 22378, 18 July 1934, Page 11

TREASURE SEARCH

LOST CITY OF SHEBA.

MILLIONS UNDER THE SANDS. In search of the treasure supposed to be hidden in the mysterious lost city of Sheba, once ruled by the glamorous queen, a young Londoner of 22, was reported recently to be setting out on a lone trek into the Arabian Desert. He is Mr Norman Stone Pearn, of London, who recently returned from a two thousand miles camel expedition. Millions, in gold, silver and precious stones, are believed to be hidden beneath the shifting sands which wiped the great city of Sheba from man’s ken over two thousand years ago. “It is going to be a difficult trip with lots of risks,” said Mr Peam to a Sunday Chronicle representative. “The Arabian desert is one of the hottest places in the world, and one may die of thirst there in 24 hours. Fierce brigands lurk in its wastes, and lost trails mean almost certain death.' “Years ago Sheba was the centre of the trading routes across Arabia. In the reign of the great Queen it was a city of luxury. “At the death of the Queen the city began to decline. It became over-run with thieves and brigands, and traders avoided it until Sheba became a forgotten city and the desert sands gradually obliterated it.”