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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is a long-standing religious legend in Ethiopia that describes how the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Ethiopia 3,000 years by a man named Menelik, who, according to legend, ...

Some 800 people were reportedly killed during a massacre at a Christian church in Axum, Ethiopia, where worshippers believe the Ark of the Covenant is housed.. The church of St Mary of Zion became ...

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.