An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
345: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Part 1)
June 26, 2023
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Books Referenced
Author: H. Rider Haggard
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Discussed as a Victorian imperial fiction classic that influenced Raiders of the Lost Ark and the adventure serial genre that Spielberg drew upon
Author: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
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Described as 'a wonderful new book' by a professor of biblical studies at Exeter, discussing the idea that the Ark may have originally been a footstool for God's feet
Author: Anonymous (Ethiopian)
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Described as 'this ancient text' meaning 'the glory of the kings' - an Ethiopian epic that tells the story of how the Ark of the Covenant came to Ethiopia through Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Author: Graham Hancock
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Mentioned as a 1992 book by the former East Africa correspondent for The Economist, proposing that the Ark of the Covenant is in Ethiopia and connecting it to Knights Templar theories
Author: Roderick Grierson and Stuart Munro Hay
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Described as 'a very good book on the Ark of the Covenant' by two scholars, quoted regarding how Graham Hancock's book created unwanted attention for the clergy at Axum