Africa is a continent of stories. Long before colonial borders and modern states, there were tales—tales whispered beside ...

What he saw was what you find in any Ethiopian church, which is a model of the Ark of the Covenant,' Tudor Parfitt, a British historian, writer and former colleague of Ullendorff, told Live ...

The Ark of the Covenant (no ... monk who is the ‘Guardian of the Ark’ at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. However many other researchers were quick to ...

What he saw was what you find in any Ethiopian church, which is a model of the Ark of the Covenant,' Tudor Parfitt, a British historian, writer and former colleague of Ullendorff, told Live ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the “new” Ark of the Covenant is Mary, our blessed mother and the mother of Jesus: Mary, in whom the Lord himself has just made his dwelling ...

10 Is this Ethiopian monk guarding the Ark of the Covenant? Don’t bet on it. According to some, the Ark is hidden within the belly of the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, in Aksum, Ethiopia.

The museum has housed the 11 wood and stone tabots — replicas of the Ark of the Covenant — since they were looted from Ethiopia by British ... typically kept in a church's Holy of Holies ...

The obelisks mark the graves of Axum's ancient rulers In northern Ethiopia, in the once-great city of Axum, final preparations are under way for the return of one of Africa's most remarkable ...

Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home to the Ark of the Covenant ... guard at the city's Our Lady Mary of Zion Church and no-one is allowed to see it.