
The Ark of the Covenant
The True Story of the Greatest Relic of Antiquity
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Publisher)
Published on 16. July 1999
Book
Hardback
383 pages
978-0-297-84143-2 (ISBN)
Description
At the heart of the city of Aksum in Ethiopia stands a small chapel, whose entrance is constantly guarded. Ethiopians believe that this chapel contains the Ark of the Covenant; their religious epic "The Glory of Kings" gives an account of how Makeda, the Queen of Sheba had a son by Solomon and how it was this son who removed the Ark from Jerusalem because of the disobedience of the people of Israel. Stuart Munro-Hay began excavating at Aksum in 1974, but his work was interrupted by the revolution. He did, however, make many valuable friendships in the city and learnt to speak the language of the guards, a combination that has led him to become recognised as the premier Aksumite historian. Together with Roderick Grierson, a semiotic philologist, he investigated the ancient mystery to try and determine what the Ark was, if it could have been carried to Ethiopia, and, if it was not at Aksum, what is being guarded in the chapel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Illustrations
24pp illustrations,
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
868 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-297-84143-2 (9780297841432)
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Persons
Stuart Munro-Hay has recently been appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Berlin; and Roderick Grierson is a Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Insti