2. Written by God
The holiest relic of both religions, Judaism and Christianity, the Arc
of the Covenant disappeared 2,5 thousand years ago. Rights written by
the hand of the Creator that are hidden in the gold chest, may be
in Ethiopia, Jerusalem, or in Scotland…
3. The Arc of the Covenant was made by Israeli masters who were
supervised by Moses on Mount Sinai according to precise instructions
of God. They made a chest out of the acacia wood. The dimensions
were about 134x80x80 cm. Outside and the inside of the Arc was
covered with pure gold. The lid of the chest was made of the same
materials as the chest itself. Two gold cherub statues were present
on the top of the chest. Apparently, God appeared between the
wings of the cherubs and talked to Moses. Two stone tablets with
the Ten Commandments were inside the chest. But they weren’t the
original ones, because as we know Moses had broken original stone
tablets when he saw Israeli people worshiping the golden calf. But
the copy of Ten Commandments was also written by the hand of
God, so its value for the Israeli was the same as the original one.
In the beginning, the Arc of the Covenant was kept in the tent
called Tabernacle, which look was preciely described by the God. The
Arc was placed in Jerusalem, and also in a tent. Salomon ordered to
build a shrine for the Arc. It was build by Phoenicians masters so it
resembled Baal, Astrate and other gods temples. So Babylonians
4. They are unexplored as every try of exploring the catacombs was
halted by Jewish or Arabian orthodox who think that exploration of
such object is a sacrilege. That is why we still don’t know what can
be hidden in them. The Arc was kept in the Holy Place. It was
small, dark room covered with twenty tons of gold. The most
important priest entered it only once a year, and lighted an incense
to prevent of seeing the gold chest accidently. Every person who
came near the Arc was struck by the lightning. How did it work? In
a simple way – the Arc was made of 2 layers of gold (which is
good electrical conductor) were separated by the wooden isolator.
That makes a perfect condenser. Such device stores the electric
charge and frees it when the charge was exceeded. In ancient Egypt
such condensers weren’t nothing unusual. According to myth, Horus,
the god of son, invented them. They were hidden in fortresses to
kill any enemy who was near the walls. Besides, Egyptians
apparently knew lightbulbs and batteries. The schemes of such
devices can now be seen in the shrine of the goddess Hathor in
5.
6. Moses grew up in Egyptian palace so he had learnt a few tricks of
that kind of “magic”, so when he used them among the people he
gained respect. The Arc was one of the examples. The other
example can be the cane that changed in a venomous snake. This
phenomenon was accurately explained by zoologists- you just have
to push the right point on the snake’s body and it will stiffen and
look like a cane. Then, a sudden movement will awake the snake
from coma. So the Arc of the Covenant was powerful condenser. So,
how did it refill the energy? First, it was constantly polished. This
is the same way children play in school- they pick up static by
rubbing the floor, and then they struck they colleagues with small
electric charges. Second, the Arc stored the energy of Earth. In
Egypt and Palestine the electromagnetic energy is high so it
charged the Arc for many years. But why did it struck with
lightning only intruders? As the usually walked bare foot. No
wonder the Arc of the Covenant was considered as something
7. But what happened to it? Until the death of Salomon in the Holy
Bible, the Arc is spoken of at least 200 times. After his death –
there is no word more about the Arc in the Bible. When the Israel
was destroyed, and people were displaced the Arc was not on the
list of stolen things. Those lists, which are very exact and precise,
were saved and survived to these days. It seems like the Arc was
removed, destroyed, or hidden sooner. Later, the Arc was also
searched by Romans and the Jews. Without a positive result. So,
why did it disappear and where? We don’t know. One Ethiopian
legend says that when the son of the Solomon and Sheba, Menelik
grew up and came back to Jerusalem to visit his father, he picked
up Uzziah, the highest priest, on the way with him to Jerusalem.
Uzziah secretly took the Arc to Ethiopia. When he told Menelik
what happened with the Arc, the young king took note that it
happened from the God’s direct order. Second legend says that
Menelik asked his father to move the Arc to the safer place, as
Israel was no longer peaceful country. The kingdom of Assyria was
8. So the vision of dr Indiana Jones searching for the Arc in Egypt
along with nazi soldiers in one of Steven Spielberg movies would
come true. Alleged place of the resting place of the Arc of the
Covenant is somewhere in Ethiopia. First, it was kept in the
monastery on the lake Tana (where the river Blue Nile starts it
run). It was kept in the room called just the same as in
Jerusalem – the Holy Place. But the room wasn’t filled with
gold, but with frescoes depicting the movement of the Arc from
the Jerusalem. Then, it was moved to Axum, the capital of
Ethiopia of that time, and put in the cathedral in Zion.
Apparently, it is still there. To tame its deadly force and power
it was wound in cloth. Throughout the whole generation only one
person can see it – specially chosen guard. No Ethiopian
patriarch nor the Emperor has ever seen it. Many people wanted
to see the Arc – the most powerful leaders, ordinary people, TV
crews, but no one ever managed to do it as the entrance to the
place is heavily guarded. Even the Italian Army that occupied
9.
10. Not only Ethiopians think that the Arc of the Covenant is in
Axum. – I was so close to get inside to see the Arc and take a
photo, but… well – the guard… - says Krzysztof Kobus, one of
the most famous Ethiopia specialist, IT teacher, press reporter,
traveler and author of the great website about Ethiopia. – Ask
anybody who lives in Ethiopia and he will tell you where the Arc
is – in Axum! But there is one minor problem – scientists claim
that the history of Ethiopia isn’t as old as 3000 thousand years,
but it no older than 2000 years. They can’t explain how a big
number of Judaism followers occurred in Ethiopia. Well, this only
gives the proof that Ethiopia really is (or rather was as majority
of these people were displaced to Israel in 1970’s) closely
connected with Jerusalem. Maybe Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews
they call them, are Jewish descendants of Menelik’s expedition,
that brought the Arc from Jerusalem to Ethiopia. They claimed
that they come from Israel. However, scientists think that
Ethiopian Jews came from “judaistic” South Arabia around 1000
11.
12. He might do that in the period when Jerusalem was controlled
by Crusaders and the emperor Gebre Mesqel, better known as
Lalibela who was the creator of monolithic churches. He
frightened muslims that he will turn around the current of the
Nile. So he must knew that he had a huge power in his hands.
Maybe the Arc of the Covenant gave him this power? But there
are some other facts. The place where the Arc was kept (island
on lake Tana) crosses of the Templar Knights can be found.
Identical ones can be found on the monolithic churches that
Lalibela ordered to build. Scientists agree that the main
builders of these churches were not local people, but the
masters from Egypt and Jerusalem. Maybe Templar Knights were
among them. Maybe they brought the Arc here, or they gave
Ethiopians the copy of it… According to the current order
members Templars after discovering the Arc of the Covenant in
the ruins of the temple of Solomon, that was destroyed by
Romans, made 4 identical copies of it. One of the 5 chests
13. They were simultaneously a threat to kings and popes. Templars
didn’t want to tell about their discoveries knowing that it will
brought a misery on them. Even, if the king Phillip IV of France
destroyed the power of Templars to gain their money, the order
survived nonetheless. It still exists in Scotland nowadays. There
is a XV century temple in Rosslyn which is, according to the
architects, the best copy of the Solomon Temple. In the opinion
of few contemporary Templars the Arc of the Covenant is hidden
there… Or at least one of its copies. So where are the other
copies? Nobody knows. They are probably in France where
