ADDIS ABEBA; Ethiopia; November 5; 2000.The last Emperor of Ethiopia; Haile Selassie I; was solemnly reburied on November 5; 2000 in Addis Ababa.The "Negus Negesti" (King of Kings) found his last resting place in the family tomb in the Trinity Church 25 years after his mysterious death.Haile Selassie ruled Ethiopia for 45 years. He was - after official historiography - the 225th monarchical descendant of the biblical King Solomon and his beloved; the Queen of Sheba.After the coup of Marxist officers; the emperor was kept under house arrest. His death occurred on August 27; 1975; due to "circulatory disorders".However; it is considered certain that soldiers of the regime suffocated the decrepit 83-year-old with a pillow.Seventeen years later; his skull was discovered in cement under the toilet of the then Herschers Mengistus.

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