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An Unbelievable Ark Of The Covenant Announcement And 10 Relic Trips
Reports are cropping up that the fabled Ark of the Covenant,
said to contain the remnants of the Ten Commandments, has been discovered along
with the Tomb of Alexander the Great on the Greek island of Thasos.
The Focus Information Agency, a Bulgarian outfit not exactly
renowned for accuracy, is reporting that Grekomania.ru, a Russian web portal
that purports to be an "official information partner of the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism of Greece," has claimed that a group led by Nikolaos
Kumardzis, an archeologist apparently unaffiliated with any other dig, has
identified one of the world's great treasures. At least one Armenian newspaper
is running a similar story.
What more confirmation could anyone possibly want?
Thasos, which is near Macedonia, has long been rumored as
the potential resting place of Alexander the Great, who died in Babylon in 323
BC after conquering Persia and consolidating Eurasian power. The connection
between the great military leader and the Ten Commandments -- none of which he
could truly be said to have followed -- is unclear, which makes the news that
they were discovered together even less credible.
That being said, the Ark of the Covenant has inspired
travelers and explorers for hundreds of years and is likely to continue to do
so. It is worth remembering that pilgrimages remain part of the modern travel
culture and that visiting relics or searching for them is quite popular in much
of the world.
Because the Ark of the Covenant story is likely to bounce
around the internet, exciting then disappointing people, we thought it would be
nice to offer up a selection of places where relics were actually discovered.
We can't vouch for the authenticity of every one of these
relics, but they are revered by many of the faithful.
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