Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark on EtoBox?

The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark by Parfitt, Tudor is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark about?

xi, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm "This is the explosive story of Professor Tudor Parfitt's twenty-year quest to find the lost Ark of the Covenant and his controversial discovery of what became of this sacred artefact." "According to the Bible, the Ark contained the ten commandments given to Moses, and possessed an awesome, divine power. Regarded as the holiest object in the world by the Jewish and Islamic faiths, the Ark suddenly disappeared from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem over 2,500 years ago and was lost to the world - apparently forever." "Acclaimed scholar and adventurer Tudor Parfitt embarked on an epic journey across the Middle East, the Pacific and Africa to find the lost Ark. The trail took him from ancient codes and documents in Oxford and Jerusalem to the legends of a strange tribe near the Limpopo river, and to ground-breaking discoveries in modern genetic science." "But some people didn't want the Ark to be found. In his travels, Parfitt was ambushed, trailed, shot at and narrowly escaped being kidnapped. His search finally led him to an ancient artefact identical to the biblical description of the ark." "In The Lost Ark of the Covenant, Tudor Par

Who reads The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Parfitt, Tudor
Publisher
Harper Element : [distributor] HarperCollins Distribution Services
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780007283859
Category
history
Subjects
Religion, Judaism, History
Rating
4.1 / 5 (51 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

Other editions & translations

More by Parfitt, Tudor

Browse all works by Parfitt, Tudor

Similar books