As in "Walk like an Egyptian"? 
Posted on 05/08/2008 6:33:17 PM PDT by HAL9000
Hamburg - Archaeologists believe they have found the Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia and an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, the University of Hamburg said Wednesday. Scientists from the German city made the startling find during their spring excavation of the site over the past three months.The Ethiopian queen was the bride of King Solomon of Israel in the 10th century before the Christian era. The royal match is among the memorable events in the Bible.
Ethiopian tradition claims the Ark, which allegedly contained Moses' stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written, was smuggled to Ethiopia by their son Menelek and is still in that country.
The University said scientists led by Helmut Ziegert had found remains of a 10th-century-BC palace at Axum-Dungur under the palace of a later Christian king. There was evidence the early palace had been torn down and realigned to the path of the star Sirius.
The team hypothesized that Menelek had changed religion and become a worshipper of Sirius while keeping the Ark, described in the Bible as an acacia-wood chest covered with gold. Remains of sacrifices of bullocks were evident around the altar.
The research at Axum, which began in 1999, is aimed at documenting the origins of the Ethiopian state and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
"The results we have suggest that a Cult of Sothis developed in Ethiopia with the arrival of Judaism and the Ark of the Covenant and continued until 600 AD," the announcement said. Sothis is the ancient Greek name for a star thought to be Sirius.
The team said evidence for this included Sirius symbols at the site, the debris of sacrifices and the alignment of sacred buildings to the rising-point of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.
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This could be huge. Thanks Hal9000, for posting it, and for adding it to the keyword (or to whomever did add it).
If this is true, it’s a staggering, staggering find!
They should be careful opening the Ark of the Covenant...
LOL!
I’ll be interested in photos when available.
Not many people believe this, do they?
There is a strong ancient Jewish presence there.
Most Ethiopians do. :’) According to local lore (recounted by Graham Hancock, but still...) the Ark spent time of years at Elephantine before moving further south. That move resulted from some kind of military problem, wild guess, the Assyrian conquest and retreat of the 25th Dynasty. I think Solomon wound up in Egypt, in exile. Not too sure about the “Solomon’s son” part of the tale, but a trace of the story can be found in Josephus (if memory serves, I’m at work, shame on me).
Sounds like a propaganda piece for Ethiopia.
I don’t have a Bible handy. Did the Israelites get the ark back after that fiasco?
You did know that each and every Ethiopian Coptic church has within it a replica of the Arc of the Covenant.
Makes it very difficult to figure out which is the "real" Arc.
I've been wondering if the fast growing Ethiopian Pentecostal Movement continues this tradition ~ my understanding is they've picked up about 1/3 of the Coptic population since the fall of Mengistu, which is absolutely incredible.
If I were deeper into Biblical prophecies I'm sure I'd be concerned with this particular juxtapositioning of the Arc and the Conversions.
No, and the Ethiopians claim that the Ark is still there. Menelek would have known something of the scriptures, so could have arranged for the proper methods of carriage.
The part about sacrificing bullocks on the Ark to worship the star Sirius, though, seems like such a blashpemy that the Lord would not have permitted it.
As in "Walk like an Egyptian"?
Thanks for the post!
As far as the realignment of the earlier palace on the site, that could be for a variety of reasons ~ but I'd guess God likes Sirus too, whacha' think?
You do realize the Arc is very necessary for rebuilding the Temple of Solomon in the End Times. Without it all you have is the Temple of Herod ~
Hmmmm. Sirius is not in my concordance, but ‘Sirion’ is said to be the Sidonian name for Mount Hermon (mount of transfiguration). . .
When the Temple is rebuilt, and if the Ark is in Ethiopia now, I bet that it would be restored.
“an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism”
The altar had an inscription that said, “Place Ark Here”.
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