A priest
or a Bishop holding a scepter
with a
'Croix Pate'! One of four sculptures engraved on the wall of
Golgotha
Church in Lalibela Ethiopia!
A
quick word
All information
you are going to read here, is gathered from various sources and
suggestions and put forward here in this publication. You will
alsosee my personal
view, established through reading many books including of course
the
Old Testament!
please see bellow my references
Books & Links . Also views and ideas from other
scholars and personal friends as well as people who suggest things
in our
'Forum'
are included! - The whereabouts of the missing
Arc of the covenant inspired many to look for clues;
James Bruce from Scotland in 1785 did travel to Ethiopia to look for
it, all 'Indiana
Jones' movies with the same theme and Graham Hancock's book 'The sign
& the
seal'
a book that you must read! -
Definitely there is a lot of
information around and it is like a puzzle that waits to be solved!
I did try to put some pieces in place and 'clicking'
around you can see a summary of events!- See if you can get an idea
and put some pieces together!! Drop a line and let me know how
you feel about it and if the information makes any
sense... The Author Costas Papa- Looking for clues about the story of
Queen of
Sheba, I have traveled to
Egypt, Jordan and Yemen! In Yemen, where they also claim
originality of the story, her name was Bilquis
and here in Ethiopia was Maqeeba! I
must say that I side with Graham Hancock's suggestions published in his
book 'The Sign and the Seal' which I did read several times and I
do recommend it as a good source of information as well as an
entertaining and highly
interesting book in general!
Finally,
History was
always a subject that occupied my past time activities, let it be
reading, visiting historic places and then try to analyze the various
'hypothesis' or suggestions from scholars or historians scattered in
various books and magazines! Of course not
everybody agrees making the clues more difficult to match... What I
did, I have put
all information on our dining table and then look at all bits and
try to fit them in a chronological order, on a map in location order
or matching pieces together because of similarity and because it did
make sense! But at the end I did come to some conclusions and
leaving the puzzle almost completed!
Subjects to investigate... Many
unsolved ‘Mysteries’ still exist in Ethiopia …- Why
has the Arc of the Covenant never been found
and why, after
the reign of king Solomon there is no further mention in the
Old
Testament, about this precious
relic?- The
story of the Queen of Sheba as told in the Bible,
chronicles 9: 1-12, has plenty of detail
and is believed to be true; but where did
Queen of Sheba come from?- The
excavations on
Elephantine Island in
the river Nile in Egypt by a German archeologist Joachim Krekeler, bring to light a Jewish temple the size of the original one build in
Jerusalem! Bezaleel Porten, one of the professors studying the
excavation there, said that the scrolls found, give us a complete picture of the Jewish
community once lived there!- An accurate account of the father of History
Herodotus tell us about a well known route from
Elephantine
Island to Ethiopia on 500 BC and
the Jews who followed it!- The life of
Mosesit's a mystery in itself; it is between legend and
history. Flavious Josephus a Pharisee lived in Egypt around 70 AD
give us a lot of information in his book about Moses, but a great part
of his life is not covered ! Him and some scholars believe, that it is
possible that he lived for many years in Ethiopia...- What
is the connection between
Chartres Cathedral in France
and Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia?- What
are the links between the Falashasof Ethiopia
(a Jewish community)
and the Jews of Israel?
- Who
built the remarkable ‘rock-hewn’ Churches
in Lalibela? Many
of these ‘Mysteries’ have been much debated and argued about by many
historians and scholars throughout the centuries. In these pages you
will find some readings and facts from the Bible together with ideas and theories, from
academics and scholars as well as
my personal views!Have a look at Books
and linksin case you would like
to check facts yourself or go in depth and look for details! Click
on any subject of interest in yellow script, above or to the left !--> Read all subjects, see the reader's
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Saint Emmanuel, one of the most elegantly build Church in
Lalibela! This monolithic Church is carved out of one rock and
Holy mass is performed everyday!
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by
Books
& LinksHere you can find my references and a guide of books
to read in case you would like
to check for your self for more details in depth. Some of these books though, one can find
only in libraries. - The Old Testament,
King James authorized Bible. It was
first published in 1611 and for a long time it was 'the noblest
English'
literature being a good example among English speaking people and
in public institutions! There were though many serious defects in
it. In the middle of
the 19th century it has been a development of the biblical studies
and together with the discovery of many ancient manuscripts made
it apparent to call for a revision. The Church of England took the
task in 1870 and in 1881 a revised version was published! American scholars
now associated with this work, embodying their preferences, published
the 'American standard version' in 1901 !Later in 1928 an
'International council of religious education' was created and appointed a
committee of scholars to undertake the need of further revisions. At
1935 this council authorized a revision.In 1952 significant
advances were made after the discovery of the dead sea scrolls in
Semitic languages (old Hebrew). Hebrew scriptures and early copies of
the books of Isaiah, Habakkuk etc. At the same time early Greek
manuscripts become available and the committee of the revised standard
version authorized in 1974 a preparation of a new edition.Now because no
translation was absolutely perfect or was acceptable to all other
groups, at the same time more discoveries of more ancient papyri and
manuscripts, renewed renderings in the Bible have been necessary!
Up today, committees and
individual scholars produced some 26 English translations and
revisions!- The Old Testament,
Jerusalem Bible. The original was
written in Hebrew including most books written in ancient times,
some from the famous prophets themselves! Nowadays copies in English
are available.- 'Ethiopia and the
Bible' by Dr. Edward Ulendorf- 'Archives from
Elephantine' by Bezaleel Porter A good
description of all findings and the Jewish Temple there!- The 'Sign & the
Seal' by Graham Hancock A lot of information together with
suggestions of the whereabouts of that precious historic relic!
- 'Antiquities of
the Jews' written by Flavius Josephus, a
Pharisee who lived in Jerusalem around the
first century!- 'Legends of the Jews'
by Louis Gunzberg -
'History'
by Herodotus, a book translated and published by David Green university of
Chicago, US
- 'Book of the Arc of the Covenant'
by Julian Morgenstern
- 'The discovery of the source of the river Nile'
by James Bruce 1765 James Bruce detailed description
of the Falashas life in Ethiopia on his visit at 1765.
'- 'Hiram Key' by Chris Knight & Robert Loman How some secret scrolls buried
under the Temple in Jerusalem found their way to the basement of
ST. Rosalyn Chapel in Scotland!
Old painting on goat
skin depicting
the story of
Queen of Sheba meeting King Solomon a story
written in
the Old Testament !
Other subjects of
interest:
The Arc of the Covenant
Moses
Herodotus an accurate account!
Chartres Cathedral
in France.
An ancient palace in Yeha near Axum, supposedly
Queen of Sheba's residence!
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Saint Emmanuel, one of the most elegantly build Church in
Lalibela! This monolithic Church is carved
out of one rock and
Holy mass is performed everyday!
