Next to the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in the ancient city of Axum, Ethiopia, stands a small, fenced-off sanctuary called the Chapel of the Tablet. Entry is forbidden to everyone on Earth except one man: a lone monk appointed for life to watch over its contents.
According to believers, he's guarding one of history's most sacred and sought-after relics: the Ark of the Covenant.
In the Hebrew Bible, the Ark is described in precise detail: a rectangular chest of acacia wood overlaid inside and out with gold, measuring roughly four feet long by two feet wide and high, and crowned with two golden cherubim with outstretched wings. Forged at Mount Sinai to house the Ten Commandments and serve as God's literal throne on Earth, the Ark guided the Israelites through the wilderness, toppled enemy armies, and eventually became the sacred centerpiece of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Then, during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E., this ultimate seat of divine power vanished from the biblical record without a trace.
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