Re: Quite TAN but contemporary and possibly interesting --- Aksum

Ralph Hancock <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:27:13 +0000

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Interesting. There is a rumour that the original Ark of the Covenant is at
Aksum, in the church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. This is probably false, but
since no one is allowed to see it we may never know. However, a British
officer who barged his way into the church in 1941 reported that the ark
was medieval. See
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2F64256-ark-of-the-covenant-location.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C6e1cd4d050d340c0672608d77f28903c%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637117684505487322&amp;sdata=UR8alckQqFph7%2BhBB2%2BzTptf7%2FmM4%2Fw0nxPy%2FokrAng%3D&amp;reserved=0