Well, it must be true then. ;^) The Ethiopian Ark of the Covenant is one of those old traditions in Ethiopia. I think it entered the fringe consciousness due to Graham Hancock, who (when he’s not on his high horse about some political BS) is pretty entertaining.
https://www.google.com/search?q=haile+selassie+ark+of+the+covenant&tbm=vid
I know, right?