Keepers of the Lost Ark?

 

In 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” legendary archeologist Indiana Jones is hired by the American government to find the Ark of the Covenant.

In 2007, Smithsonian reporter Paul Raffaele explored the claim that the sacred Ark of the Covenant was hidden in modern-day Ethiopia, guarded by a people descended from the Aksumites. Read the article to learn what he discovered about ancient (and modern) Aksum.