According to Ethiopian tradition, their roots go back 3,000 years to the era of King Solomon. Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon in Jerusalem and together they had a son – Prince Menlik. When the prince reached adulthood he undertook an expedition to Jerusalem to visit his father. King Solomon, who foresaw the destruction of Jerusalem, entrusted the Prince with the Ark of the Covenant for safekeeping in Ethiopia. A group of Jerusalem nobility accompanied the ark. According to the Ethiopian tradition, these Jerusalem noblemen were their ancestors. Prince Menlik himself bore the dynasty of Ethiopian kings.

According to Ethiopian tradition, their roots go back 3,000 years to the era of King Solomon. Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon in Jerusalem and together they had a son – Prince Menlik. When the prince reached adulthood he undertook an expedition to Jerusalem to visit his father. King Solomon, who foresaw the destruction of Jerusalem, entrusted the Prince with the Ark of the Covenant for safekeeping in Ethiopia. A group of Jerusalem nobility accompanied the ark. According to the Ethiopian tradition, these Jerusalem noblemen were their ancestors. Prince Menlik himself bore the dynasty of Ethiopian kings.