The Sign and the Seal. A quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant

Ka'aba, black stone of the 68 Kahenat (priests) 144, 250, 251, 444 Kaleb, King of Axum 18, 142 palace 502-4 Kane mahlet (inner circuit of church) 29, 254 Karnak 291, 293, 306, 307, 308, 332, 371 Kassala 482-3 Kebede, Kassa 468 Kelm (drum) 255, 256, 258, 259, 261, 263 Kebra Napa 25, 44, 49, 50, 52-3, 63, 71, 72, 77, 130, 139, 143, 163, 179-80, 181, 219, 220, 221-2, 398, 400-1, 404, 515 doubts cast upon 131-2, 401-3, 418, 426 K'eddest (outer sanctum) 29, 254, 256, 257, 374 Kenyon, Dame Kathleen 391, 394 Kepler, Johann 335 Keynes, John Maynard, on Newton 336 Khalil, Sheikh 392, 393 Khartoum, author in 476-81 Kher Heb (Egyptian High Priest) 302-3 Khnum, god 435-6 Kifle-Mariam Mengist, Archpriest 207-9 Kings, Books of 248, 365, 404, 405, 406, 413, 415, 423 Kiros, Haile 478, 480 Kitchen, Prof. Kenneth 292, 294, 459 Knights Templar 87-8, 91 as architects 99-100 and the Ark 157-8, 159, 162-3, 164, 389 in Axum 503-5 collapse 154-5, 164 against Egypt 156 in Ethiopia 114-16, 119, 151, 153, 155, 159, 162-3, 167-8, 503-5 and Jerusalem 361, 363, 364 origin 92 in Parsival 112-13, 119 in Portugal 167 and Prester John 111 rules 98 sacred knowledge 306, 333 in Scotland 165-7 after Synod of Troyes 154 Temple guardians 91-4, 96, 97 see also Croix pane Kohathites 276 Krekeler, Achim 434, 437-8 Kufu, Pharaoh 309-10 'Kyot. see Guyot de Provins

Lalibela, King of Ethiopia 103-8, 112, 114, 119, 145, 153, 156-7, 503 Lalibela, town (Rohs) 113-17, 118, 171 Land of the Grail (Terre Salvaacke) 73, 79-80 Lasko, Dr Peter 50, 52-5 Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia171, 172-3 Lefafa Sedek 110 Leon, Peter 174 Leprosy, Miriam's affliction 412-13 Levenson, Prof. Jon D. 450 Levites, as Ark bearers 71, 409-10, 420, 421-2 Leviticus 217, 274-5 Light, supernatural, from Grail 69-70 Litany of Loretto 60 Locusts in Ethiopia 455 Luxor 289, 291, 293

Ma'at (balance) 308 Maccabees, book of 382, 383, 410 Magdala 141 Magic see Occult Mai Shum (Queen of Sheba's pleasure bath) 18, 503-4 Maier, Michael 337 Mak'das (Holy of holies) 29, 254, 375 Makeda 75; see main6, Sheba, Queen of Maldives 321-2 Mahn, Sir Thomas, Le Moro d'Artkur 56, 57 Manasseh, King 418-20, 422, 423-4, 440-1, 454 Marduk 376, 379 Marignolli, Giovanni de 84 Mark, Saint, gospel 327 Mary, Blessed Virgin, as Grail and Ark 59-61 Mary Theotokos 59-60 Maskal festival 253 Masons see Freemasons Massebotk 217, 248 Mathematics, Egyptian 304-5, 338-9 Mathew, Archbishop David 254 Mauro, Fra 84 Mazar, Professor 388 Mazengia, Shimelis 198-9, 203, 233, 235-7, 468, 472 Mecca 68 Medhane Alem church, Gondar 254-8, 267 Medicine, Egyptian 305 Melchizedek with the Grail 52, 53, 61 statue at Chartres 48, 51-2, 87 Metnhir Fisseha, priest 211-16, 218, 402, 445-6 Menelik, Prince 4-5, 15--16, 22, 24, 72, 132, 179-80, 213, 219, 222, 251-2, 401, 403, 426 hidden figure in Persival 74, 77, 78 reality questioned 402 Mengistu Haile Mariam, Lt-Col 8-g, 23, 24, 192-3, 468, 469, 474, 486, 509 and the author 43 Marie 252, 427, 446, 448, 449 Meropius 12 Magid (place of worship) 36, 250, 444 Mesopotamia see Assyria; Babylon; Sumer Metalwork and the Ark 273-4, 353 Eyptian skill 304 Meteorites and the Grail 67-9 and the Ten Commandments tablets 347-8 Milner, Edward 473, 475, 477-509 Miriam, Moses' sister, punished 342, 412 Mishnah 217-18, 382 Moghrabi gate 384-6 Monoliths see Obelisks Montbard, Andre de 92, 97-8 Moon-god, Egyptian see Thoth Moon-goddess, Egyptian see Isis Morgenstern, Julian 405-6 Morte d'Arthur see Malory , Sir Thomas Moses and the Ark 4, 273-4, 276-7, 292, 294, 351-3 biography 344 death 277 and Egypt 315, 325, 331 and Ethiopia 450 illumination 70 and the Israelites 340-3, 348-9, 351 as magician 295-303, 312-13 creator of magic instrument 339-40, 342-4 at Mount Sinai 347, 348-9 and Isaac Newton 337-8 physical effects of the Ark and tablets 351-3 rod of 299-300 and the Shamir 370 in Sinai 345-6 comparison with Thoth 331 Muhammad, prophet 152, 334 Muluna Marsha, Wambar 241, 242, 243-7, 456 Mussolvaesche (Mons salvationis) 220-1, 260 Music at festival of Apet 200-1 at Tiffikat 255-6, 258-9 Muslims see Islam Mussolini, Benito 360-1

Naakuto Laab, King of Ethiopia 157 Nabopolassar 409 Nadab, son of Aaron 274, 354 Nebo, Mount 383, 387-94, 395 Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon 7, 138, 373-7, 378, 379, 409, 460, 461 Nabura-ed (senior priest) 498, 500, 505, 510, 512 deputy 510 Nebuzaradan 377, 378 Nephthys, goddess 288-9 Newton, Sir Isaac 335-8 Nile and Egypt 156, 289-90, 307-8 in Ethiopia 201, 242 Falasha route 427 route of Ark to Ethiopia 219, 448 source of 177-8, 181, 204-5 Nissim, Rabbi 388 Noah 326, 337 Numbers, book of 71, 412

Obed-Edon the Gittite 283-4 Obelisksat At Axum 13, 17, 18-19, 508, 510 Egyptian 307-8 Occult, Egyptian and Mosaic 298-304 Operation MOWS 240 Order of Christ 167, 168, 169-71, 174, 175 double cross symbol 171-2 see also Knights Templar Organization of African Unity (OAU) 33 Osiris, god of death 315-16, 324-5 Otto of Freisingen, Bishop 82 Oviedo, Bishop of 146

Palestine Exploration Fund 390 Pankhurst, Prof. Richard 24-8, 36, 124, 132, 139-40, 160 visit to Ethiopia 198-9, 200-37 Park of the Stelae, Axum 18-19 Parker, Montagu Brownlow 389-90, 391-4 Parsival see Wolfram (von Eschenbach) 'Parsival' 76-7, 79, 366-7 Payens, Hugh de 92-4, 95, 96, 97-8 Pentateuch 249-50, 253 Periphts of the Etythrean Sea 11 Persians, against Babylonians 379-80 against Egyptians 445 Petrie, Sir William Flinders 345 Pharaoh, and Moses 300-1 see also under names of individual Pharaohs Philip IV of France 154-5, 164 Philistines against Israelites 279-80 holders of the Ark 280-2, 340, 354 Philo 297, 325 Pilgrim, Cornelius von 432-6 Pirenne, Jacqueline 459-62 Pisgah, Mount 394.395 Plato 319, 321, 322 Plutarch 324 Poles, or staves, to transport Ark 292 3. 405 Porten, &mid 441-2 Portugal military aid to Ethiopia 173 and Templars 167 visitors to Ethiopia 168-9 Prestage, Prof. Edgar 168, 170 'Prester John' 79, 80, 81-5, 107 alleged letter to kings 82, 90, tog Portuguese interest 168-9, 170-1 Psalms 220-1, 414, 450 Psammetichus, Pharaoh 448 Purim, and Falashas 134-5 Pyramids 309-12, 331-2

Qemant (Hebraeo-Pagans) 241, 242, 243-9.253 relationship to Falashas 245.456-7, 458-9 Qok (sacred groves) 244, 247-8 Quara 427 Quote del Saint Graal 59

Rabbis, and Falasha 144 Radai, King of Falashas 146-7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (film) 7-8, 14, 38 Ramsay, Andrew 166 'Rapanse de Schoye' 70, 79, 81 Rehoboam 371 Relief Society of Tigray (REST) 478 Revelation, Book of 336 Rhabdas 338-9 Roha, town toy; see mainly Lalibels Rohas (Rohitscher Berg) 113 Romans destruction of Second Temple 361 temple on Elephantine 434-5 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 253 Rothschild, David 396 Rothschild, Baron Edmond de 392 Royal chronicles, of Ethiopian emperors 140 Rufinius 12, 83 Russell, John Findlay 183

Saba/Sebha 131; see mainly Sheba Sabaeans see Arabia, South Sabbath Jewish and Christian 26, 253 Qemant 246 Sacrifice, and Jews 136-8, 214-18, 251 , 407, 439, 444 St Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai 346-7 St Mary of Zion church, Axum 20-3, 123, 173, 175, 178-9 visit in 1991 496-7, 508, 511-13 St Omer, Godfrey de 92 Saladin 86, 106, 108, 359 Salama, Abba see Frumentius Saqqara 306, 330-1 Sargon the Great 325-6 Sarsa Dengel, Emperor 146 Sayce, A. H. 292-3 Schneider, R. 461 Schonfield, Dr Hugh 334 Science, Egyptian 305-6 'Sea', of bronze 368-9, 377 Secret knowledge, Egyptian 305-6 Senmut, architect 332 Sennacherib, King of Assyria 4, 6-17, 418, 460 Serabit-el-Khadem 345 Set, god of evil 324 Shamir (magical stone) 369-70 Sheba, Queen of (Makeda) 4, 14, 179 bath see Mai Shum child 78; see Menetik, Prince converted to Judaism 13: not Ethiopian 131, 401-1 palace 16-t7 portrayed at Chartres 46-15 and Solomon 22, 25, 27, 77, 179-80, 403 Sheshbazzar, King of Judah 380 Shetiyyah (stone of foundanoss) 45. 360, 361-3, 381, 392 Shiloh 137, 279 Shishak (Sheshong), Plumb 371-2, 373 Sigoli, Simone 84 Sin, Sumerian god 318, 321 Sinai, Mount 275, 298, 346-9 Soloman Gabre Selassie, Archoneu Lip Berharat 194-7 Solomon apostasy 365 places Ark in Temple 4, 6-7, 69, 365-6 builds Temple 285 grief over loss of Ark 401 portrayed at Chartres 48 and Queen of Sheba 11, 25, 27, 77, 179-80, 403 their son 78; see Meneldi, Prince 'stables' too, 361 Somalia, relations with Ethiopia 469-70 Sophia (wisdom) 334 'Stables of Solomon' 100, 361 Stecchini, Prof. Livio 305 Stelae see Obelisks Stern, Henry Aaron 135-6, 138 Stones, as meteorites 67-9 see also Grail Strabo 205 Sudan, and author's visit to Axum 470-3 visit to 476-46 Sumer 317-18, 325-6 Susneyos, Emperor 147, 148

Tablets, of Ten Commandments 350-1, 406 effect on Moses 351-3 as meteorite 347-8 see also Ten Commandments Tabotat 4 at Gondar 256, 257, 258-67, 369 of Moses, alleged 122-3 replicas 29-30, 36-8, 63, 124-5 role of, at Gondar 239 the word 129-30, 294 see also Ark of the Covenant Takazze, river 213, 219, 222-3, 234-5, 242, 427, 482 Talmud, quoted on the Ark 380 Tana, Lake 243 Isaiah's reference to 453-4 monasteries 29 and Qemant sect 456 safekeeping of the Ark 175, 197, 198, 514 visit to 202-5 see also Dap Stephanos Tana Kirkos, resting place for the Ark212-14, 218, 223, 402, 427, 428, 445-6 visit to 209-16, 221 TORAIDOS (long boats) 203-4, 455 Taper 294 Tchatcha-em-Ankh 302 Tebah (arks) 291, 294 Tekla Haimanot, Saint 28 Tellez, Balthazar 458 Tempiars see Knights Templar Temple, Solomon's, at Jerusalem 4, 6-7.69, 137, 285, 365-6 containing a cube 366 and Crusaders 91-2, 93 replicated at Elephantine 439 history 361 and Isaac Newton 336 as prison for the Ark 366 repair under Josiah 421 site, Dome of the Rock 360 Second, built 380 Third, feared 387-8 Temple Church, London 99, 221 Temple Mount, Jerusalem 93-4, 100-1 archaeological digs 387-97 massacre at 384-7 Ten Commandments, on tablets 4, 6, 66, 274, 339, 347, 359-1 Terre Salactase (Land of the Grail) 73, 79-80 Tesfaye, driver 481-507 Tessenei 488-90 Thebes (flaw) 293-4 Theodotic 100-1 Thoth, moon-god 313-16, 318, 321, 323-4, 334, 337 and Freemasons 334 Imhotep as successor 331 comparison with Moses 331 Thutmosis I 307 Tigray, arrival 1991 491 see mint" under Axum Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) 8, to, t6, 43, 193, 236, 462, 467, 468-9 and author's visit to Anna 470-3, 475, 478 and Axum 509-10 and Sudan 478, 480-1 Timkat (ceremony of Epiphany) 5-6, 18, 180, 428 author's wish to attend 232-3, 236-7, 268, 365, 464, 467, 474-5 1990, at Gondar 254-67, 369 1991, at Axum 497, 498, 501, 505, 512-13 Trees, sacred, to Qemant 247 'Tribalibof (name for Ethiopia) 81 Troyes 353 Troyes, Synod of 98, 102, 154 Tutankhamen, Pharaoh 288-9 Tyasu the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia 179

Ullendorff, Prof. Edward 130-1, 133, 254-5, 443 Unterman, Rabbi 388 Urim and Thummim 380 Uzzah, killed by the Ark 283, 340 Uzziah, King of Judah 413-14, 416

'Wailing wall', Jerusalem 385-6, 388 Wangbar see Muluna Marsha Warren, Lt Charles 389-91 Water see Flood Wedem Ara'ad, Emperor of Ethiopia 157, 160, 162, 164, 168 Weil, Dr Shalva 425, 429, 431, 443 West, John Anthony 308 Westcar papyrus 302 Wilderness, Israelites in 275-7 Willem, Duncan, photographer 9 William de Chartres 99 William of Tyre, Archbishop 92 Wisdom, and the search for the Ark 333-4, 339, 355 Wolfram von Eschenbach, Panival 52, 53-4, 56-7, 62, 63, 66, 70, 71, 86, 89, 108, 220-1, 260 and the Ark 119-20, 515 and Ethiopia 74, 78-80 view of Grail 57, 108 and 'Kyot' 90 as Templar 52, 91 and the Templars 112-13, 119 Wondemu 203, 206-11 Writing, Egyptian 316

Yagba Zion, King of Ethiopia 157, 163-4 Yahweh, and Moses 298-9 Yared, Saint 20 Yeadara, god of Qemant 245 Yekuno Amlak, King of Ethiopia 157, 163 Yemen, possible source of Ethiopian Jews 131-3, 460 Yitshaki, Rabbi Shelomo 353 Yom Kippur 253 Yenta, in Mishnah 217

Zagwe dynasty 103-4, 106, 145, 157 'Zazamanc' (name for Ethiopia) 74, 81 Zedekiah, King of Judah 376 Zegie 427 Zelelew, Berhane Meskel 15-21 Zephaniah, book of 451-2 Zion, as Ark of the Covenant 143 Zoser, Pharaoh 330-1 Zwai, lake home of the Ark 158, 197, 228 sacred books 230-1 visit 223-32