The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia, is where the sacred Ark of the Covenant is believed to be housed. Shutterstock / Artush. According to legend, the ark was brought to Ethiopia in ...

Our adventure in Ethiopia continued (see part 1 and 2 here) through to the ancient and mysterious town of Axum which claims to be the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant and follows further north ...

The real Ark of the Covenant is actually believed to be in Axum, a small town in Ethiopia. Written texts have it that the ark, the repository of the Ten Commandments tablets that God gave to Moses ...

At least 800 people were reportedly killed in Ethiopia as worshippers and soldiers risked their lives to protect what Christians there say is the sacred Ark of the Covenant from local militia.

What we have concluded is that St. Mary’s of Zion church in Axum, Ethiopia, is the resting place either of an incredible replica of the biblical Ark of the Covenant, or of the actual Ark of the ...

The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, November 4, 2013. The church is thought by some to house the Ark of the Covenant. (AP Photo) ...

Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed. As Ethiopia’s Tigray ...

At least, that’s what these CIA documents claim. The Ark of the Covenant (no, not the Indiana Jones movie) was built by Israelites around the 13th century BC, according to the Bible.

Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home to the Ark of the Covenant, ... One of the obelisks had been transported to Rome when Italy occupied Ethiopia in the 1930s.

As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the ...

Ethiopia pilgrims return to Aksum for festival in Ark of Covenant city. 1 December 2023. Share Save. ... Share Save. BBC. As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city ...