These are pictures from Axum, Ethiopia.  Many believe that the ancient Ark of the Covenant survives in this city.  The people there have a yearly festival called Timkat to celebrate.  These are pictures from Axum and Timkat.

In addition to the pictures below, we also have a slideshow of Axum, Ethiopia.  It contains totally different pictures.  If you want to watch, click here to download it.

If you'd like to see some notes I took from a video and lecture about Axum and Timkat, please click here.  One of my church's pastors shared his experience with us.

1. A 4th century Ethiopian crown

2. Some Axum art

3. Children in Axum by a church

4. The city of Axum

5. Another shot of Axum

6. Some women

7. Bet Giorgis

8. The Treasury Church

9. The Coptic Christian Church

10. A map of Ethiopia

11. Another map of Ethiopia

12. A third Ethiopian map

13. An Ethiopian monk with Tabot

14. An Ethiopian priest

15. Another Ethiopian priest

16. Yet another Ethiopian priest

17. The top of a fallen obelisk

18. The Field of Obelisks

19. The Guardian of the Ark

20. The High Priest Gebre Gevra Amry

21. Hill Bet Giorgis

22. A Lalibela priest

23. A Lalibela procession

24. Menlik with the Ark

25. An obelisk with an Axum guard

26. The K58 Obelisk

27. A priest and some crowns

28. Some priests during Timkat

29. The Queen of Sheba Bath

30. Queen of Sheba's Palace

31. The Red Box that may contain the Ark of the Covenant

32. Some obelisks

33. St. Mary of Zion

34. St. Mary's Church, again

35. St. Mary's courtyard

36. A Timkat drummer

37. Some Timkat priests

38. The Timkat procession

39. Some toppled Axumite obelisks

40. The Treasury and St. Mary's

41. The Treasury of the Ark of the Covenant

42. Another shot of the Treasury

43. Side shot of the Treasury

44. A close up of the Treasury

45. A front view close up of the Treasury

46. The Treasury, again

47. One more shot of the Treasury