Posted on 04/27/2020 2:13:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ethiopia was invaded by the Italian troops during a military campaign that lasted from 1935 to 1936. After Italy declared war on the United Kingdom in 1940, British forces invaded and took Ethiopia in 1941. At the time, Ullendorff was a British army officer who was also a young scholar with extensive knowledge of Ethiopian history and languages, Parfitt told Live Science.
"He went to the Church of Mary of Zion with a couple of soldiers," Parfitt said. He spoke to the monks in the church in Amharic, a language widely spoken in Ethiopia, asking to see the ark. His requests were refused. "They said, 'You can't go in, this is holy...'" said Parfitt, recounting the story. "He said, 'Well, I'm sorry, but I want to go in,'" and "he did go in with his soldiers behind him. They couldn't do anything to stop him," Parfitt said.
According to Parfitt, the army officer then walked over to the place where the ark was said to reside. "What he saw was what you find in any Ethiopian church, which is a model of the Ark of the Covenant," Parfitt said. Apparently, Ullendorff said that "it didn't differ in any way from many arks he had seen in other churches in Ethiopia," Parfitt said. "It wasn't ancient and certainly wasn't the original ark."
..."It would have been absolutely impossible for him to function in Ethiopia if he had said that your ark is not the genuine ark," Parfitt explained. In his interview with the Los Angeles Times in 1992, Ullendorff said that the model he saw was of "middle-to late-medieval construction, when these were fabricated ad hoc."
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Yeah, what are the odds, 1:1? ;^)
Given the ever-shrinking and ever-more-capable drone technology, it's only a matter of time before some sneaky tourist videos the entire interior of the shrine (which was built to replace the old one in the late 60s I think, I've seen a few seconds of footage of the procession, led by Haile Selassie).
"Ark of the Covenant lecture by Graham Hancock - 2014
I wouldn't blame anyone for taking a miss on the fourth installment of those movies, but near the beginning Indiana is seen pushing the crate with the Ark aside to get at something else.
Even Werner von Braun did his best work as an American.
I remember that! One of the few good scenes in the movie!
The Word of God tells us that Jesus took His blood into the Holy of Holies where He as High Priest sprinkled His sinless blood on the Mercy Seat. If the Mercy Seat is the spot between the wings over the box then the Ark of The Covenant is in Heaven.
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Someone long ago, an archeologist of some repute, told me that the Ark of the Covenant was buried 60 feet below what was Solomon’s portico.
Too bad he died before getting it.
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When asked by a reporter after the 1969 Moon Landing how the US managed to beat the Soviets to the Moon, he answered, “Because our Germans were better than their Germans.”
The current keeper of the Ark always has AK-47 with him. Must be because of this guy.
THAT one, I missed.
Thanks for the link
It has to do with the endemic and probably irreparable violence of African society.
“Reality” tv can be very lucrative. Especially if you get producer credits. Rick and Marty are often listed as producers along with a bunch of the cast. Oak Island Tours makes money also. At $50CDN/guest for a walk around.
He took most of his team and loats of documentation and equipment in a caravan to surrender to the western allies; those who refused to go went home and got rounded up by the Soviets. They probably weren't too bright.
My pleasure.
I'm worried that the whole thing will tip over and sink like Guam.
Possible. They put enough holes it it!
The Ark of the Covenant is available on Ebay if you know where to look.
Only the most worthy can find it.
Local delivery only?
...They probably weren’t too bright.
So our Germans were Smarter than their Germans!
Yes, Ethiopian language and history. Not archaeology.
I recently watched the whole series and after I was through I couldn't believe I actually enjoyed them when the first came out.
Only memorable scene I loved was when the big guy came out twirling his swords and Indie just pulled his revolver and shot him.
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