ARK OF THE COVENANT
A CURIOUS RESEMBLANCE.
ISRAEL'S DEBT TO EGYPT,
LONDON, December 1
A special correspondent at Lpxor, describing tlie removal of the pall enshrouding the inner shrine in Tutankhamen's tomb, says that somehow the sight of signed and gilded understructurc and underneath the beautiful inner shrine with its precious contents turned one's thoughts to the Bible. Much in this manner must the Ark of the Israelites have been sheltered when the entered the wilderness. As a matter of fact, there is in many respects a curious resemblance between the Tabernacle of the Covenant described in the Book of Exodus and the bcpulchral shrines erected in those days, to the pre ailing deities in Egyptian temples. Indeed, it is conceivable that as the Children of Israel had just escaped from bondage in Egypt these temple shrines, as representing something with which they were familiar were taken as the basic model when the time came to design a place of sacity for teir own deity. — (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 5
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