I’ve been reading the book The Sign and the Seal  by Graham Hancock for a while and I found it quite interesting. It’s taking me longer than usual to finish it, not only because it has so many pages but specially because I don’t have as much time to read as I would like. I have to steal time from my sleeping hours to be able to read at least a few pages every night; but since it’s good I don’t feel bad about it, just a little bit tired every morning
The subject of the book is the mystery about the fate of the Ark of the Covenant, the wooden box that held the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed, what happened to it and how much truth is behind the story about being kept in Ethiopia.
Even when the book is non-fiction and follows the investigation of the author to try to find the original Ark, the book is written in a way that feels like we are reading a novel, a detective story, so it keeps you very interested.
I’m a person who likes non-fiction books, but not much books about history, so it surprised me that The Sign and the Seal kept me so engaged in the story.
I also learned a lot about Ethiopian history and it made me want to know even more since it is so rich and interesting.
I don’t remember having studied much about African history when I was in high school so it was a pleasant discovery and I think it’s a good start for those that don’t know that much about it.
Since the book is entertaining and easy to read, it could be a way to start to know more about the country of our children.
You will follow Graham Hancock step by step in the fascinating journey of revealing the secret of the Ark of the Covenant, finding clues hidden in places like France, in ancient books like the Kebra Negast, or in the stories told by the early Portuguese missionary explorer Father Francisco Alvares.
There are other books about the Ark of Covenant, but most of them were written just to sell books.
If you really seriously want to know more about the Ark and about Ethiopian history, I recommend these books:

The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant: The True History of the Tablets of Moses by Stuart Munro-Hay
The Ethiopians: A History by Richard Pankhurst	The Kebra Nagast: The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge

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