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  <title><![CDATA[The Sign and the Seal: the Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant]]></title>
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  <default_description>The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vesel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon.&lt;P&gt;After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist has tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends -- revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden.&lt;P&gt;Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time -- from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail -- this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Graham Hancock]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was really a fascinating, compelling read despite (or because of?) the fact that I found the author both arrogant and repellent, and most of his theory just laughable.  He argues that the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail are one and the same, cunningly disguised and coded by a Templar plo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51008014">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting...I'm skeptical, but open<br/><br/>Continuing...<br/><br/>This book is a trip, almost literally.  I never read with my rose glassesâ€¦. You know, prove it, Iâ€™ll believe it.  So I went to several Ethiopian web sites, and it seems everyone in Ethiopia claims the Ark IS there.  Hmmmâ€...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68832496">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41221188">
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    <body><![CDATA[Hancock is an engaging writer. He did quite a job in running down both primary and secondary sources relative to the topic. He also conducted several interviews and passed through some Indiana Jones-like moments. One can't help but be impressed with the devtion he gave his search for the Ark fo the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41221188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39068499">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating account of one researcher's highly personal and downright obsessive quest for what really happened to the Ark of the Covenant. It reads as exciting as many a fictional saga I've experienced.  Frankly I still hold some reservations about the total veracity of the story but that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39068499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27733362">
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    <body><![CDATA[My brother talked so much about this book that I eventually had to read it. This is the first of three Graham Hancock books that I have read and I have a feeling that I will continue to read future works of this guy as he evolves from one idea to another.  I was talking with my boyfriend the other d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27733362">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're a fan of history, or distant lands, or treasure finding, or mysteries, or are just intrigued by the notion that there may indeed be more truth to &quot;Raiders of the Lost Ark&quot; than meets the eye, then look no further. This book takes you through a journey of all of the above, and is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52385807">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47276875">
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    <body><![CDATA[While I like Hancock's style, his ideas and theories in this book are just too far-fetched to be even somewhat believable.  And while I do not believe much of what he writes, the completely implausible premise to this book just makes it that much harder to read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have always had an interest in the Ark of the Covenant.  This book intertwines the Ark, the Templars, and the Craft....one of the two books that made me want to join the Craft (Born in Blood was the other)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, this guy is a certified whack-job, but this is a great book!  I'm a big fan of ancient history, got degrees in all that stuff, and studied Biblical Hebrew and Middle Kingdom Egyptian hieroglyphics for 5 years, and I found his arguments compelling and interesting, kinda like The DaVinci Code stuf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11903049">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting read for history buffs, the only problem with it is that it reads more like a history channel documentary than a memoir.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very convincing evidence to Ethiopia's claim to be the last resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.]]></body>
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    <review id="28791553">
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    <name><![CDATA[Valoel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved learning about the religious traditions in Ethiopia.  I highly recommend the book if you want to learn about the legends of their Ark.<br/><br/>Like most books along this line, it fails to deliver an actual answer in the end.  It promises to reveal true and secret info.  You follow the aut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28791553">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36452641">
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I did not read every single page of this non-fiction book, I got a sense of what happened to the Lost Ark of the Covenant.  A friend in Ethiopia told me to read the book and it would answer my questions about the Ark and was it really  in Axum.  In a nutshell, it is about Faith.  Faith is t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36452641">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5373683">
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    <body><![CDATA[Hancock has definitely written some off-the-wall stuff. Having said that, he must have been in one of his more down-to-earth periods when he wrote this book. It's fun and intriguing, and for the most part, pretty good history. Although it's initial premise can be considered conjecture, the trail he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5373683">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16888585">
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    <body><![CDATA[The author of this book was the Economist's correspondent to East Africa from 1981-1983, so how could I not love it?  The research for it took more than a decade, costing him his marriage and lost time on his family.  Having said that, the title says it all. A fascinating, diligently-researched acco...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16888585">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6219743">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was mind boggling.  It reads almost like a detective novel.  Graham Hancock is looking for the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, and he traces its passage through history by analyzing social movements, art, architecture, myth and literature and establishing clues therein as g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6219743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reads like a dissertation, complete with half-page footnotes.  The Author is trying to prove his theory of where the Ark of the Covenant is hidden by extrapolation from other sources and tales.  I literally spent months trying to read this book, but I kept falling asleep.  After about 2/3 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12126906">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating read on Biblical history and one man's quest to find the real Ark of the Covenant.  I've read this about 3 times and there are still facts I am trying to absorb.  I recommend to anyone interested in history or anthropology.  It can get a little out there at times, but the argum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11959220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is first class investigation documentary.<br/>Graham Hancock play the role of modern day and real version of Indiana Jones going on personal quest to find the last resting place of the lost Ark of The Covenant.<br/><br/>Non fiction adventure with so many valuable information about something ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7067640">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As an avid student of the history of both religion and of Ethiopia, I found this book to be spell-binding.  I read it at the behest of Corey Harris while I was producing an album for him, and it really fit with what we were doing, so I had a cool holistic experience.]]></body>
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