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Article: HAS THE LOST ARK BEEN FOUND? A UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PROFESSOR CALLED THE 'BRITISH INDIANA JONES' SAYS A LINK TO IT HAS AND THAT HE LOCATED IT, BUT OTHERS AREN'T SO SURE.(FAITH)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 1, 2008
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Byline: Troy Anderson
Staff Writer
Like another famous swashbuckling treasure hunter, he has a fear of snakes. He's not adverse to associating with mystics, charlatans and crooks in his quest for prized artifacts.
But unlike his fictional alter ego, the "British Indiana Jones" claims he's discovered the genuine Ark of the Covenant -- or at least a direct descendant of the vessel constructed to hold the original tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
In a newly released book, University of London Professor Tudor Parfitt claims to have located the treasured artifact on a dusty shelf of an out-of- the-way museum in Harare, Zimbabwe. ...