The gold-coated ark adorned with a gold wreath once resided in the First Temple until the Babylonian army's destruction in 587 BC. While records don't mention its fate, it's improbable that such a ...

Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home to the Ark of the Covenant ... guard at the city's Our Lady Mary of Zion Church and no-one is allowed to see it.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum circa 330 AD with King ... On his return to Aksum, he took the Ark of the Covenant (also referred to as Sion) with him, a ...

For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant ... Our Lady Mary of Zion Church.

According to Ethiopian tradition, the Ark of the Covenant, containing the tablets of the Ten Commandments, is housed in the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Aksum. While the authenticity of this ...