Parfitt, Tudor.

The lost Ark of the Covenant : solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark / Tudor Parfitt. - 1st HarperCollins paperback ed. - New York : HarperOne, 2009, c2008. - 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Cave -- Sign of his kinship -- Protocols of the priest -- City of the dead -- Key to the past -- Opposites are one -- First cataract -- Legends of the Queen of Sheba -- Tomb of Hud the prophet of God -- Moses gene -- Fire of God -- Sacred fire pot -- Watchdogs of the king -- Dust of its hiding place.

A professor of religious studies traces his adventurous search for the Ark of the Covenant, a life-threatening quest during which he received assistance from a host of secular and political supporters.

9780061371042 (pbk.) 0061371041 (pbk.)


Parfitt, Tudor--Travel.


Ark of the Covenant.
Quests (Expeditions)--Middle East.
Quests (Expeditions)--Africa.


Temple Mount (Jerusalem)

BM 657 / P229l 2009

296.493