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It is claimed to contain the ark of the covenant.

Ark survival evolved genesis boss fight. Nevertheless almost 45 million orthodox christian ethiopians are certain that the ark of the covenant was taken almost 3000 years ago to aksum in northern ethiopia and that it has been guarded. The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of ezana the first christian ruler of the kingdom of axum during the 4th century ad and has been rebuilt several times since then. The object is currently kept under guard in a treasury near the church of our lady mary of zion.

But how would such a holy object get there. Some researchers especially brit graham hancock believe that the ark of the covenant is resting in a church in the ethiopian city of aksum. The church of our lady mary of zion is an ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church in ethiopia.

Cathedral of our lady mary of zion built during the reign of emperor fasilides. Archaeologists have searched for centuries for clues and hints of where the ark containing the stone tablets bearing the ten commandments given to moses by god could be. Over the past few days several media outlets have reported on a centuries old claim that the ark of the covenant which allegedly held tablets recording the ten commandments is inside a church.

But what is certain is that almost 45 million ethiopian orthodox christians part of the coptic tradition are convinced that the ark of the covenant was taken about 3000 years ago to aksum in. Replicas of the axum tabot are kept in every ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church each with its own dedication to a particular saint. The ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church claims to possess the ark of the covenant or tabot in axum.

The search for the ark of the covenant has led to renewed speculation that the biblical artifact may be hidden inside a church in ethiopia but historians have pushed back against the theory. The answer is found in kebra negast the ethiopian national epic whose amharic title translates as the glory of the kings which claims that the famous biblical queen of sheba was born in ethiopia. According to ethiopian lore the ark of the covenant is hidden in a church in aksuma small city in the northern highlandsand guarded by a single monk.

The ark said to hold the original ten commandments is said to have been kept in aksum in the chapel of the tablet adjacent to st mary of zion church since the 1960s.