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Toto · 02-23-2008, 12:51 PM

One of my google alerts turned this up:

The real Indiana Jones: Intrepid British don Tudor Parfitt's mission to find the Lord [sic] Ark

An interesting article, bordering on archeoporn perhaps, but some interesting comments on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and there is a forthcoming book:

THE LOST ARK OF THE COVENANT (or via: amazon.co.uk) by Tudor Parfitt

Joan of Bark · 02-24-2008, 04:24 AM

They'll find the descendants of the ten lost tribes of Israel before they find the Ark.

Headache · 02-24-2008, 08:43 AM

It's going to be damn hard to find something that never existed in the first place.

Kosh · 02-24-2008, 09:44 PM

Why does Israel appear to ignore that church in (is it Ethopia?) that claims to have it? Not even so much as a denial?

DrewDiggler · 02-24-2008, 11:14 PM

Don't tell s'hitman but the 10 tribes have apparently been found !

Pity about the

English Interregnum.

Bartender · 02-25-2008, 08:28 AM

I agree with headache. The ark never existed.....

spamandham · 02-25-2008, 11:04 AM

From the article:

The passage that Parfitt is referring to describes the biblical Ark of the Covenant as being made of acacia wood and covered in pure gold. It says: "And thou shalt cast four rings in gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof," which would have enabled the Ark to be bourne by two wooden poles.

http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi222.htm

blastula · 02-28-2008, 01:56 PM

This made Time too.

Quote:

A Lead on the Ark of the Covenant - TIME
So, had he found the Ark? Yes and no, he concluded. A splinter has carbon-dated the drum to 1350 AD — ancient for an African wood artifact, but 2,500 years after Moses. Undaunted, Parfitt asserts that "this is the Ark referred to in Lemba tradition" — Lemba legend has it that the original ngoma destroyed itself some 400 years ago and had to be rebuilt on its own "ruins" — "constructed by priests to replace the previous Ark. There can be little doubt that what I found is the last thing on earth in direct descent from the Ark of Moses."

Little doubt!

blastula · 03-02-2008, 09:57 PM

History Channel has a program running this month about this.

Quest for the Lost Ark - historychannel.com

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Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Lost and Found Ark? One of my google alerts turned this up: The real Indiana Jones: Intrepid British don Tudor Parfitt's mission to find the Lord [sic] Ark An interesting article, bordering on archeoporn perhaps, but some interesting comments on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and there is a forthcoming book: THE LOST ARK OF THE COVENANT (or via: amazon.co.uk) by Tudor Parfitt

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02-24-2008, 04:24 AM	#2
Joan of Bark Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pua, in northern Thailand Posts: 2,823	They'll find the descendants of the ten lost tribes of Israel before they find the Ark.

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Headache Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Everywhere Posts: 2,582	It's going to be damn hard to find something that never existed in the first place.

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Kosh Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Orions Belt Posts: 3,911	Why does Israel appear to ignore that church in (is it Ethopia?) that claims to have it? Not even so much as a denial?

02-24-2008, 11:14 PM	#5
DrewDiggler Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Superstition void Posts: 378	Don't tell s'hitman but the 10 tribes have apparently been found ! Pity about the English Interregnum.

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Bartender Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: sandbagging Posts: 842	I agree with headache. The ark never existed.....

02-25-2008, 11:04 AM	#7
spamandham Contributor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,525	From the article: The passage that Parfitt is referring to describes the biblical Ark of the Covenant as being made of acacia wood and covered in pure gold. It says: "And thou shalt cast four rings in gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof," which would have enabled the Ark to be bourne by two wooden poles. http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi222.htm

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blastula Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 6,070	History Channel has a program running this month about this. Quest for the Lost Ark - historychannel.com

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