The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark Kindle Edition

Some of the authors personal anecdotes about those he met & travelled with on this quest that lent nothing to our understanding of the Lemba or Venda cultures except post colonial bias could have been left out however: with that said I do value the authors valuable offerings of gold dust amidst the absence of substantive , accurate historical knowledge.

For a scholar, it was dissapointing. I wanted to know where the Ark went, not all the places the author drank whisky or the clever ways he could insult people. He brought up interesting facts, but didn't contact them well.

It was fun following Tudor Parfitt on his wander through northern Africa and Israel.No observable conclusion, but a great trip.

Excellent and interesting

A fascinating real life quest for the answer to an age old question.

If you are looking for an authoritative and informative book on the Ark of the Covenant, my advice is for you to keep looking and pass this one by. If however, you are looking for information about the lost decendents of ancient Isreal, this is for you. I also get the distinct impression that Mr. Parfitt is one of those types that only looks for those facts that fit his particular theories. I can't quite buy into them. Mainly because he doesn't seem to have any respect for anyone's religous beliefs and constanly refers to them as "cults". He doesn't believe that the ancient Isrealites had the tools, material or ability to construct a gold covered ark, even though they were the artisans and craftsmen of Eygpt and had all of the spoils of Eygpt with them. Doesn't seem to bother him that they made a golden calf to worship though. Wonder how they did that? He discounts all the testomony of the power and presence of God and replaces it with a crude wooden drum and theories of gunpowder or some other inflammable material. If you are interested in the history of the Lemba, by all means buy this book. It has some interesting parts, but nothing that I would consider relevant to the present whereabouts of the Lost Ark of the Covenant.

Tudor Parfitt's account of his search for the lost Ark of the Covenant is brilliant. Never mind that it's based on a myth - all our civilizations are based on foundational myths. His interactions with those he met are compelling and offer to many of us a glimpse of people and cultures we're not likely to have the opportunity to meet ourselves. I hated for it to end and have ordered copies for family and friends.emilie barnettCleveland, Ohio

I am looking forward to be able to sit down and read this book on my up-comming vacation. It looks like great history and wonderful pictures

not even good

Not what I expected. It is not the ark I was seeking, which was found by Ron Wyatt and passed on to the Israel.authorities