Ark of the Covenant altar found in Sheba’s palace

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Ark of the Covenant altar
found in Sheba’s palace
Remains of animal sacrifices discovered
at home of legendary Ethiopian queen
Posted: May 10, 2008
9:55 pm Eastern

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The queen of Sheba’s palace at Axum in Ethiopia, purported to once have been the home of the Ark of the Covenant, has been found, archaeologists from the University of Hamburg report.

The Ethiopian queen was the friend and ally of King Solomon of Israel in the 10th century before the Christian era.

According to the Bible, in 1 Kings 10, the Queen of Sheba journeyed to Jerusalem after hearing of King Solomon’s wisdom to see if what she had heard was true. So impressed was she that she gave large quantities of gold, spices and precious stones to the king of Israel.

“It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom,” she said. “However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

Ethiopian tradition claims the Ark, which contained Moses’ stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written, was smuggled to Ethiopia by their son Menelek and is still in that country.

The Bible makes no mention of Solomon and the queen of Sheba marrying or having a child.

The university said scientists led by Helmut Ziegert had found remains of a 10th-century-B.C. palace at Axum-Dungur under the palace of a later Christian king. There was evidence the early palace had been torn down and realigned to the path of the star Sirius.

The team hypothesizes that Menelek had changed religion and become a worshiper of Sirius while keeping the Ark, described in the Bible as an acacia-wood chest covered with gold. Remains of sacrifices of bullocks were evident around the altar.

The research at Axum, which began in 1999, is aimed at documenting the origins of the Ethiopian state and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The discovery was made in the last 90 days.

“The results we have suggest that a cult of Sothis developed in Ethiopia with the arrival of Judaism and the Ark of the Covenant and continued until 600 AD,” the announcement said. Sothis is the ancient Greek name for a star thought to be Sirius.

The team said evidence for this included Sirius symbols at the site, the debris of sacrifices and the alignment of sacred buildings to the rising-point of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

Ark of the Covenant altar found in Sheba’s palace.

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James Estrin/The New York Times

Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly in 2006 with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a news conference on the killing of Sean Bell.

By AL BAKER
Published: May 11, 2008

The fatal police shooting of Sean Bell, a black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day, spurred widespread public anger and put the Police Department’s relationship with some black New Yorkers under a microscope.

Tension rose last week after the acquittals of three police detectives indicted in the 2006 shooting. More than 1,000 demonstrators blocked traffic in Manhattan and Brooklyn and scores were arrested.

That tension coincided with the release of new figures about the police practice of stopping and sometimes frisking people on the streets, a tactic in which blacks account for more than half of those stopped. The figures showed that police officers stopped more people — 145,098 — during the first three months of 2008 than during any other quarter in the six years the department has reported the data.

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In Dixie, Signs of a Rising Biracial Politics – Democratic Party Resurgent

The Nation
In Dixie, Signs of a Rising Biracial Politics
By JACK BASS

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A week ago yesterday, Democrats won a special Congressional election in a Louisiana district held by Republicans since 1974. That outcome might well be replicated Tuesday in Mississippi, where a biracial Democratic coalition is optimistic in the second round of another special Congressional election.

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