TY - BOOK AU - Parfitt,Tudor TI - The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark SN - 9780061371042 (pbk.) AV - BM 657 P229l 2009 U1 - 296.493 PY - 2009///, c2008 CY - New York PB - HarperOne KW - Parfitt, Tudor KW - Ark of the Covenant KW - Quests (Expeditions) KW - Middle East KW - Africa KW - Temple Mount (Jerusalem) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -