The tenth saint
by Niko, D. J.
Cambridge archaeologist Sarah Weston makes an unusual discovery in the ancient Ethiopian mountain kingdom of Aksum-a sealed tomb with inscriptions in an obscure dialect. Along with her colleague, American anthropologist Daniel Madigan, she tries to identify the entombed man and translate the inscriptions. Tracking down clues in Addis Ababa and the monasteries of Lalibela, Sarah and Daniel uncover a codex in the subterranean library revealing the secret of the tomb-a set of prophecies about Eart…
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- Full title :The tenth saint / D.J. Niko.
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Cambridge archaeologist Sarah Weston makes an unusual discovery in the ancient Ethiopian mountain kingdom of Aksum-a sealed tomb with inscriptions in an obscure dialect. Along with her colleague, American anthropologist Daniel Madigan, she tries to identify the entombed man and translate the inscriptions. Tracking down clues in Addis Ababa and the monasteries of Lalibela, Sarah and Daniel uncover a codex in the subterranean library revealing the secret of the tomb-a set of prophecies about Earth's final hours, written by a man hailed by Ethiopian mystics as Coptic Christianity's 10th saint.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Medallion Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago, IL
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:438 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781605422459, 1605422452
- oclc:ocn861686606
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