I have been searching for the Ark for the past 18 years and according to my research I have traced it,or an ancient copy, to a cave in Egypt’s desert.

However when a gold box that fits the description of the Ark mentioned in Exodus is found then the acacia wood of the box would have to be radio carbon dated to determine when the tree was cut down.

Most likely there were many copies and I presume the one in Ethiopia is one of them. If they do possess THE ark and if they dont want it to be seen then at least have a sample of the wood examined!

If anyone wants to contact me then feel free to e mail me at arkquest2002@yahoo.com

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Come again? What you said makes no sense.

Baba

Yes I agree that it’s much ado about nothing.

To just put things in perspective for those who don’t know Ethiopia well, the Ark is completely revered in the country. You should read “The Sign and the Seal” by journalist and travel writer Graham Hancock. In one interesting scene, he describes a fascinating conversation he had with a government official in the late 80′s about Axum when the communists were in the verge of losing the region to the rebels (now government). I don’t have the book in front of me at the moment so I am speaking from memory. The author asks the official if he is worried that the rebels might attack the church. The official gives him this look of all-knowing that it will not happen. He is not even worried about that. The author follows up with another question suggesting why wouldn’t the Derg consider moving the Ark from the war zone? The official gives quick answer, “I think we will have a revolution on our hand that we can’t put down.” That should give you an idea of how the ark is respected across the board. No one is above it. Period.

The story goes, when King Menilk I, King Solomon’s Ethiopian Son, brought the Ark from Jerusalem, he was not even aware of it at the begining. They were already nearly half way to Ethiopia when he was told that The Israelites have brought with them the Ark. His response: “If the Ark did not choose to come, she would not have come.” So she is in Ethiopia by her own choosing. After all, it represents God. Does it not? Who can keep God where it does not want to be?

But most importantly, two Israeli religious leaders and researchers had discovered an object that appeared to fit the biblical description of the Ark of the Covenant in one of the underground rooms found amid complex tunnels. However, before they could retrieve the object, the authorities intervened and sealed the underground room to prevent an imminent religious war, participially between Jews and Muslims.

The Ethiopian claim can easily be dismissed as totally bogus and unscientific. It is completely based on oral tradition. In layman’s legal term, it is based on heresay, a statement made out of court that is offered in court as evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Judges generally prohibit such evidence, unless it can be put under serious cross examination. The Ethiopian argument would not pass this cross examination because it fails short of internationally accepted scientific standards. Prove it, if you have it! Until then, scientific evidence leads us elsewhere.

‘Deacon’ Fyodor Konyukhov is an impostor. If he is a true believer, he would not have asked to ‘see’ the Arc. Moreover, he is making a claim of an act that cannot be allowed, under no circumstances, within the context of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It is also a claim that is not corrobrated by the Church. This is not the first time that foreign adventurers have sought fame at the expense of the faithful.