Ark of the Covenant: The True Story Of the Greatest Relic of Antiquity

Grierson, Roderick and Stuart Munro-Hay

ISBN 10: 0297841432 / ISBN 13: 9780297841432

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, England, 1999

About this Item

Minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of ancient works of art.

Seller Inventory # 023208

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ark of the Covenant: The True Story Of the Greatest Relic of Antiquity
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, England
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297841432
• ISBN 13: 9780297841432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: Second Impression.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

At the heart of the city of Aksum in Ethiopia stands a small chapel, whose entrance is constantly guarded. Ethiopians believe that this chapel contains the Ark of the Covenant; their religious epic "The Glory of Kings" gives an account of how Makeda, the Queen of Sheba had a son by Solomon and how it was this son who removed the Ark from Jerusalem because of the disobedience of the people of Israel. Stuart Munro-Hay began excavating at Aksum in 1974, but his work was interrupted by the revolution. He did, however, make many valuable friendships in the city and learnt to speak the language of the guards, a combination that has led him to become recognised as the premier Aksumite historian. Together with Roderick Grierson, a semiotic philologist, he investigated the ancient mystery to try and determine what the Ark was, if it could have been carried to Ethiopia, and, if it was not at Aksum, what is being guarded in the chapel.

About the Author

Stuart Munro-Hay has recently been appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Berlin; and Roderick Grierson is a Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Insti