Hundreds of Christians reportedly died after defending their church that is said to have the Ark of the Covenant. The International Christian Concern (ICC) reported that in December, about 750 members of Tigray’s Maryam Tsiyon Church reportedly died while trying to defend the Ark of the Covenant from soldiers of the Amhara militia. For months now, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has... 

Finding the Ark of the Covenant – described in Biblical lore as a gold-covered wooden chest containing the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments handed from God to Moses – has long inspired treasure hunters and historians alike. It is believed to have disappeared around 587 BC when Jerusalem was destroyed by invading Babylonians. Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University claim to... 

The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Holy Bible, it also contained Aaron’s rod and a pot of manna. Israel Finkelstein, a professor at Tel Aviv University and the man in charge of an archaeological... 

The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos. Abuna Pauolos, in Italy for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this...