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Posted: 18-05-2008 23:33 Post subject:

The city of Troy was a myth until it was found

Posted: 19-05-2008 00:20 Post subject:

And while Schliemann probably went through it by accident he seems to have been in the right place.....

I can recommend Peter Ackroyd's The Fall of Troy.

Kath

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Posted: 13-03-2010 20:55 Post subject:

I can recommend the book by Tudor Parfitt. Very exciting reading and well documented. Almost unbeliveable it was written by a professor of semitic languages (or something like that). Very Happy

Posted: 17-03-2010 04:17 Post subject:

Isn't the logical place for the "lost" Ark to be is in Ethiopia?

Wouldn't the best place to hide the Ark away from the Babylonians have been across a saltwater sea, high up in nearly-impregnable mountain fastnesses, guarded by fierce warriors who were also loyal and observant Jews and who would have willingly given their lives to protect it?

Posted: 29-06-2010 20:34 Post subject:

Hi all

Its been 'found' again - in Yemen and is now protected by at least six SAM surface-to-air missile launchers.

http://www.henrymakow.com/gods_iphone_ark_of_the_covenan.html

Apparently, its in the still unexcavated palace of the Queen of Sheba.

Shocked

Posted: 27-08-2010 06:17 Post subject:

This time, it's turned up in Ethiopia:

Posted: 27-08-2010 08:09 Post subject:

I've met Fyodor Konyukhov! He spent long periods in Falmouth with one of his boats, and once left his cap in the chandlery where I worked.

So I guess that puts me one degree of separation from the Ark of the Covenant - cool! Cool

Posted: 27-08-2010 10:46 Post subject:

Off topic but - I must admit I had to google "chandlery" - I had no idea what it was!

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Posted: 05-12-2011 12:38 Post subject:

Will this be the first time the world sees the Ark of Covenant? Leaking roof in Ethiopian chapel 'will lead to relic being revealed'
By Rick Dewsbury
Last updated at 5:58 AM on 5th December 2011

A very British problem of a leaky church roof could be about to give the world the chance to glimpse the legendary Ark of the Covenant.
That's because the claimed home of the iconic relic - a small chapel in Ethiopia - has sprung a leak and so the Ark could now be on the move.

The Ark - which The Bible says holds God's Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai - is said to have been kept in Aksum, in the Chapel of the Tablet, adjacent to St Mary of Zion Church, since the 1960s.
According to the Old Testament, it was first kept in the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem for centuries until a Babylonian invasion in the 6th century BC.
Since then it's been the goal of many adventurers and archaeologists to find it. Most-famously, but also fictitiously, Indiana Jones was shown in the 1981 Steven Spielberg film Raiders of the Lost Ark.

There has also been a long-running claim from the Orthodox Christians of Ethiopia that they have had the Ark for centuries, and since the 1960s it has apparently been kept in the chapel.
This small and curiously-styled building is surrounded by spiked iron railings, and situated between two churches, the old and new, of St Mary of Zion in central Aksum.

No one has been allowed to see the holy object, described in scripture as being made from acacia wood, plated with gold and topped with two golden angels, except one solitary elderly monk, who must watch over the Ark for the remainder of his life, and is never allowed to leave the chapel grounds.

But now the chapel - which was designed by the Ethiopian leader Emperor Hailie Selassie - has had to be covered in a tarpaulin to stop rain getting in.
The water damage could mean the Ark will be moved for the first time in decades giving religious worshippers and adventurers alike a chance to see it.

British photographer Tim Makins, 54, who is a travel photographer for publications like Lonely Planet, discovered the church had sprung a leak whilst travelling through Ethiopia last September.
He believes the moving of the Ark could be one of the best ways to discover if there's any truth in the claims of the East African state.
Tim said: 'During my most recent visit to the church, I was surprised to see some ground adjacent to the ''Chapel of the Tablet'' being cleared and levelled by workmen, and some quantities of building stone being assembled nearby.
'Asking around, I managed to discover that a new temporary chapel is due to be built, and the Ark is to be moved into it while the original chapel is repaired.

'It seems that the builders of the 1960s were not as careful as the builders of centuries past, and the roof of the chapel has developed some serious leaks that now need comprehensive repair work.
'To protect the Ark, a tarpaulin now covers the roof of the chapel but this is just a temporary measure.
'To renovate the building thoroughly, the roof must be stripped back to the bare bones and so a replacement chapel is to be built next door providing a temporary home for it.'

Tim said the construction of the new temporary chapel would take about three months according to workers and religious figures at the site, though he suspects that it will probably take much longer.
He added: 'When the work is finished, the Ark of the Covenant will be carried to its new resting place.'

'That this can be done by the one person allowed to see it is unlikely, as The Bible describes the size of the Ark as 2.5 cubits in length, 1.5 in breadth, and 1.5 in height.
'Cubits in today's measurements translate to about 1.31 metres x 0.79m x 0.79m and it is normally carried on two long wooden poles.
'If it really is this size, and still contains the two stone tablets that list God's Ten Commandments, then the elderly monk will no doubt need some help to transport it.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069765/Ark-Covenant-revealed-leaking-roof-Ethiopian-chapel.html#ixzz1fevCdSAI

Posted: 05-12-2011 19:55 Post subject: