The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant

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A compelling brew of mystery, crime, and science revealing the main points at the back of the seek for the lost Ark of the Covenant.

The Lost Ark of the Covenant is likely one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible accommodates hundreds of references to the Ark’s power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, alternatively, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon.

After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, in addition to braving the true-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist tracked down the true story at the back of the myths and legends–revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden.

Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together one of the crucial most intriguing tales of all time–from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail–this book will appeal to any individual fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.
A compelling brew of mystery, crime, and science revealing the main points at the back of the seek for the lost Ark of the Covenant.

The Lost Ark of the Covenant is likely one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible accommodates hundreds of references to the Ark’s power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, alternatively, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon.

After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, in addition to braving the true-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist tracked down the true story at the back of the myths and legends–revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden.

Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together one of the crucial most intriguing tales of all time–from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail–this book will appeal to any individual fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.

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