Indiana Jones: Lost Ark of the Covenant 'traced to Ethiopia'
By our foreign staff
Last Updated: 1:00PM BST 13/05/2008

German archaeologists have claimed to have found one of the fabled resting places of the Ark of the Covenant, the chest holding the Ten Commandments which gave the ancient Israelites their power.

The University of Hamburg say its researchers have found the remains of the 10th century BC palace of the Queen of Sheba in Axum, Ethiopia, and an altar which at one time reputedly held the precious treasure.

Archaeologist Helmut Ziegert, who is leading the dig said: “From the dating, its position and the details that we have found, I am sure that this is the palace.”

Ethiopian legends holds that the Ark was taken to the palace of the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon, the king of the Jews, after they fell in love.

After the Queen’s death her son, Menelek, rebuilt the palace and dedicated it to the cult of Sirius, but kept the Ark in its resting place there.

The team said evidence at the site included Sirius symbols, the debris of sacrifices and the alignment of sacred buildings to the rising-point of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

“The results we have suggest that a Cult of Sothis developed in Ethiopia with the arrival of Judaism and the Ark of the Covenant and continued until 600 AD,” the university said. Sothis is the ancient Greek name for Sirius.

The German research, which began in 1999, is aimed at documenting the origins of the Ethiopian state and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

The hunt for the Ark, which featured in the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark, has become almost as legendary as the artefact itself.

The 1981 film has the artefact recovered by the Nazis from a resting place in the “Well of Souls” in Tanis, Egypt – not to be confused with the Well of Souls on Temple Mount, Jerusalem.

The Nazi treasure hunters are later killed when the Ark is opened.

Full story, source: The Telegraph

Ok so why has this not been talked about. I get Archaeology Today and I have read nothing on this. Something this big would be on the cover and lead stories everywhere,

One reson. The people that claim to have it will not let anyone in to see it.

I wonder what the Vatican has locked away in its vaults

A couple greys and Bigfoot.

Everything they acquired over 2000 years that contradicts the Christian side of mankind's history would be a good guess...

Probably the second biggest mafia organization in the world, after the U.N. of course...

Edit: I'd die to stick my nose in those vaults, just to see. I'm a tad nosy by nature, lol...

I like the way you think

Hang on if you have to die in order to see it how are you going to tell anyone or see it in the first place (Sorry but someone had to point that out)
Oh and nobody is talking about it because ITS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!

The priests in Ethiopia hve been saying for years they have it, ive seen many programmes on it, problem is the priests wont let anyone in to see it so we only have thier word on it. typical.
I believe it belongs to the world an if we want to see it it should be done.

They're only about a decade behind Graham Hancock. He went there when writing his book about the ark which i think was called 'the sign and the seal'.

I though Ethopia only had hungry people?


Heck, I wonder what the CIA has locked away in IT'S vaults. (teleportation devices, microwaves you can put metal in, Jimmy Hoffa... the list goes on)

Who said I wanted to tell anyone after I nosed around and satisfied my own curiosity, before having my feet stuck in a nice big concrete block to be disposed of near the coast of Sicily?

Besides, I'd rather see what's in the Smithsonian's warehouses, as I'm more interested in archeology then religious history cover ups...

Cheers

Agreed your more likely to find the real stuff in the Smithsonian's warehouse's anyway

I am like you. I would love to spent a day or 2 looking in the vaults. I would even promise not to tell what is see.

http://www.wyattarchaeology.com/ark.htm

Check out this link about the ark. Ron Wyatt claims to have found it and I think he just might be right.

The most dangerous views of the world are from those who have never seen it. ~ Alexander v. Humboldt

The article implies that they found a palace where they believe the ark was once stored. It is clearly not there now, as the whole site is one big ruin.

I jest