Felix Pando - Ethiopia the Ark of the Covenant
Our Ethiopia tours explore the historical Axum Empire (or Kingdom of Aksum) on adventurous expeditions for the Ark of the Covenant with legendary leaders.
Ethiopia is one of the largest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the land of the biblical queen of Sheba, home of the ark of the covenant, the source of the Blue Nile river and the birth place of coffee. 'Lucy', at more than 3 million years old, is the world's oldest known...
adopt Christianity as the official state religion. In AD 340 King Ezana commissioned the construction of the imposing basilica of St. Mary of Tsion. It was here, the Ethiopians say, that Menelik, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, brought the Ark of the Covenant containing the ...
Ethiopia a land of stunning scenery, friendly people and great coffee, situated in the Horn of Africa. Travel to Ethiopia, the oldest nation in the world, called Abyssinia. The Ethiopian myth is the Ark of the Covenant, that Moses have built to house the stone tablets of the Ten Commandmen...
Ethiopia, the mythical land of the Queen of Sheba, and (allegedly) home to the Ark of the Covenant. The cradle of mankind, and the country where coffee
“They told us pilgrims still come to Aksum looking for the Ark of the Covenant. We didn’t find it but prefer this setting to that secret government warehouse.”PrevNextDiscover EthiopiaThe only African country never to be colonized by Europeans has a complex and fascinating history. Yet ...
Key attractions in the country include the town of Lalibela which has rock-hewn churches and the city of Aksum which keeps Christianity's most significant artefact, the Ark of the Covenant. Gondar is famous for ruins believed to be ...
Axum - Resting place of the Ark of the Covenant The capital city of the empire was Axum now in northern Ethiopia. Along the hills and plain outside the present day Axum, the Axumites had cemeteries with elaborate grave stones called stelae/obelisks, or obelisks. O ...
History soaked Ethiopia. Home of the Queen of Sheba, where fact and legend blur. The second oldest Christian nation in the world, reputed to be the home of the Ark of the Covenant.