Graham Hancock

They're a bit different in shape, but same sort of height, some of them going 110 feet high, cut out of solid granite right up there in the highlands of Ethiopia. And then they have an ancient church, the Church of St. Mary, Cathedral actually of St. Mary of Zion, where the Ark apparently was kept for hundreds and hundreds of years. Before that, it was kept elsewhere.

They're a bit different in shape, but same sort of height, some of them going 110 feet high, cut out of solid granite right up there in the highlands of Ethiopia. And then they have an ancient church, the Church of St. Mary, Cathedral actually of St. Mary of Zion, where the Ark apparently was kept for hundreds and hundreds of years. Before that, it was kept elsewhere.

They're a bit different in shape, but same sort of height, some of them going 110 feet high, cut out of solid granite right up there in the highlands of Ethiopia. And then they have an ancient church, the Church of St. Mary, Cathedral actually of St. Mary of Zion, where the Ark apparently was kept for hundreds and hundreds of years. Before that, it was kept elsewhere.

And then now it's been moved into a chapel that stands next to St. Mary of Zion Cathedral. And that chapel is guarded by armed men. The whole town is an armed camp that is protecting what they believe to be the Ark of the Covenant. But it's guarded particularly by one guy. who is the official guardian of the Ark. And he's elected by other monks to be the guardian of the Ark.

And then now it's been moved into a chapel that stands next to St. Mary of Zion Cathedral. And that chapel is guarded by armed men. The whole town is an armed camp that is protecting what they believe to be the Ark of the Covenant. But it's guarded particularly by one guy. who is the official guardian of the Ark. And he's elected by other monks to be the guardian of the Ark.

And then now it's been moved into a chapel that stands next to St. Mary of Zion Cathedral. And that chapel is guarded by armed men. The whole town is an armed camp that is protecting what they believe to be the Ark of the Covenant. But it's guarded particularly by one guy. who is the official guardian of the Ark. And he's elected by other monks to be the guardian of the Ark.

And several of them have run away when they get that election. Because once you're elected as the guardian of the Ark when the previous one has died, you're going to be kept in that chapel forever. You'll never be allowed to leave it. So they're close to whatever this object is, they're close to it.

And several of them have run away when they get that election. Because once you're elected as the guardian of the Ark when the previous one has died, you're going to be kept in that chapel forever. You'll never be allowed to leave it. So they're close to whatever this object is, they're close to it.

And several of them have run away when they get that election. Because once you're elected as the guardian of the Ark when the previous one has died, you're going to be kept in that chapel forever. You'll never be allowed to leave it. So they're close to whatever this object is, they're close to it.

And I met three of them over a succession of years because their mortality is, once they're appointed, they die very soon. And they all had these cataracts over their eyes and they all blamed the object in that chapel, whether or not it's the Ark, for causing their blindness.

And I met three of them over a succession of years because their mortality is, once they're appointed, they die very soon. And they all had these cataracts over their eyes and they all blamed the object in that chapel, whether or not it's the Ark, for causing their blindness.

And I met three of them over a succession of years because their mortality is, once they're appointed, they die very soon. And they all had these cataracts over their eyes and they all blamed the object in that chapel, whether or not it's the Ark, for causing their blindness.

They won't let you. Can you bribe them? No.

They won't let you. Can you bribe them? No.

They won't let you. Can you bribe them? No.

I don't know what it was. I think it's what is rightly described as an out-of-place artifact. Because if you look at the description in the Book of Exodus, the very precise dimensions of it, I think in modern terms we'd say three feet nine inches long by two feet three inches high and wide. It's got a layer of gold. It's got a layer of wood. It's got another layer of gold.

I don't know what it was. I think it's what is rightly described as an out-of-place artifact. Because if you look at the description in the Book of Exodus, the very precise dimensions of it, I think in modern terms we'd say three feet nine inches long by two feet three inches high and wide. It's got a layer of gold. It's got a layer of wood. It's got another layer of gold.

I don't know what it was. I think it's what is rightly described as an out-of-place artifact. Because if you look at the description in the Book of Exodus, the very precise dimensions of it, I think in modern terms we'd say three feet nine inches long by two feet three inches high and wide. It's got a layer of gold. It's got a layer of wood. It's got another layer of gold.

It's very precisely specified like a blueprint in the Book of Exodus. And then it does all this stuff. It shoots out jets of fire and kills completely innocent people. It kills 50,000 Philistines in the city of Ashdod when they briefly capture it from the Israelites and make the mistake of –

It's very precisely specified like a blueprint in the Book of Exodus. And then it does all this stuff. It shoots out jets of fire and kills completely innocent people. It kills 50,000 Philistines in the city of Ashdod when they briefly capture it from the Israelites and make the mistake of –