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2004 short documentary, ''Menelik I'', was filmed in Ethiopia. It tells the story of the son of the Queen of Sheba through tableau images and music.<ref>{{IMDb title|1370436|Menelik l}}, {{YouTube|id=UrGNWt_Gqrk|title=Menelik l}}</ref>
== Tomb ==
A site known as the tomb of Menelik I is located 2 [[Kilometre]]s west of [[Axum]].<ref name="Sergew-41">{{cite book |last=Selassie |first=Sergew Hable |title=Ancient and Medieval Ethiopian History to 1270 |year=1972 |location=Addis Ababa |p=41}}</ref> A German expedition in 1906 discovered walls and a room at the site.<ref name="Sergew-41"/> The clergy of Axum collected bones that were alleged to belong to Menelik I and placed them in the [[Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion|Axum Sion Cathedral]].<ref name="Sergew-41"/>
== See also ==
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