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The most intriguing claim of the Ethiopian Orthodox church is the possesion of the Ark of the Covenant, mentioned both in the Bible and the Quoran and said to contain the original stone tablets of Moses.
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The Ark is guarded in the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, in Axum but is not free for anyone except the most holy men of the Ethiopian church to see. In fact, if you see it and you are not a holy man, you DIE! We went to the church but was not allowed in. I tried to take a photo of the church, but then the holy "Guardian of the Ark" appeared and waved his finger at me...
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We did go to the museum though, and we did see a stone obelisk from the 4th centur written in three prehistoric languages that mention the Ark being brought to Ethiopia by emperor Menelik 1st who was the son of King Salomon and Queen Sheba. Quite a claim.
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After our "brush with death" of almost seeing the Ark of the Covenant, we took of to Lalibela and the rock hewn churches.
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