Thanks to Hollywood's "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the Ark of the Covenant is one of the most famous objects in the Bible. It's also one of the most mysterious, ...

Thanks to Hollywood's "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the Ark of the Covenant is one of the most famous objects in the Bible. It's also one of the most mysterious, since the Bible doesn't say what ...

Joseph travels to Northern Ethiopia to uncover its ancient history. Skip ... BUT EVERY CHURCHES HERE IN ETHIOPIA HAS THEIR OWN ARK OF THE ... THE 3 DIFFERENT CROSS DESIGNS SHOW JESUS IN THE MIDDLE ...

The Ark of the Covenant is allegedly kept in the the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. Shutterstock / RudiErnst They were slaughtered trying to stop real-life raiders of the lost ark ...

For the 10 million Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, ... Sects: The Ancient, Serene Ethiopian Church; Sects: The Ancient, Serene Ethiopian Church. 4 minute read. TIME. January 6, 1967 12:00 AM GMT-5.

For more than 150 years, the British Museum has kept 11 sacred Ethiopian tabots, or replicas of the Ark of the Covenant, quietly to itself. Latest U.S.

At least 800 people were reportedly killed in Ethiopia as worshippers and soldiers risked their lives to protect what Christians there say is the sacred Ark of the Covenant from local militia.

As a stranger draws near, priest Mesganaw Tarkgn whips on an embroidered cape and raises an ancient cross in a picture-perfect pose. He is used to the demands of visitors to one of Ethiopia's ...

Guarding the Ark in Ethiopia. ... But in the December Smithsonian , Paul Raffaele goes to a remote Ethiopian chapel and actually sees, well, not the Ark, but at least the guy who guards it.

Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed. As Ethiopia’s Tigray ...