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Ethiopia
The Final Resting Place of the Ark
There is a legend within Ethiopian Christianity is that the fabled “Ark of the Covenant”, a chest that contains the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, it believed to be in Ethiopia
According to the Kebra Nagast, an important Ethiopian text dating back many centuries, the fate of the Ark was tied up with a story of love.
Aksum, an ancient kingdom existed in
Ethiopia from 100 AD to 940 AD in northern Ethiopia.
Architecture was its legacy, and it was a wealthy kingdom because of international trade. It had access to sea trade
along the Red Sea.
Between archaeology and legend
Some biblical scholars date the event around the year 1440 BC.
After the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem in 586 BC , the Ark disappeared without a trace, so the place where it might be found remains today one of the great enigmas not only of history but, particularly, of archaeology.
45 million Ethiopian Orthodox Christians are convinced that the Ark of the Covenant was taken about 3,000 years ago to Axum.
Christianity
It was brought to Aksum through merchants in the 4th century. This decision was most likely influenced because they wanted to strengthen the trading relationship with the
Roman Empire.
Made the unifying of the many diverse ethnic and linguistic peoples of the Aksumite kingdom under a common vision.
Construction of 11 churches at Lalibela in the 12th century.
Trades
Exported: salt, rhinoceros horns, tortoise shells, ivory,emeralds, and gold.
Imported: cloth, glass, olive oil, wine, brass, iron, and
copper.
Ethiopians were never colonized because of their great warriors
West time is irrelevant, the 21st century is still to come.
You are not allowed to drink beer on christmas.
The mountains help hide the Ark and keep Ethiopia isolated.
They believe that behind the curtains in the church that claims to have the Ark, that if you dare to touch the object touched by God and Moses you would burn alive.