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The Ark of the Covenant could have held pagan idols and may NEVER have been taken to Jerusalem by King David The team have been excavating Kiriath Jearim where the ark was allegedly kept Researchers believe it was not carried to Jerusalem by King David, but by Josiah His scribes may have justified their political legitimacy by saying it was David Ancient Israelites were polytheists and carried their idols in boxes The ark could have contained Canaanite relics which were worshipped in Kiriath Jearim in the 8th century BC It was an ornate case believed to have been built 3,000 years ago by the Israelites to house stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. But now, a team of archaeologists looking at the origins of the legendary Ark of the Covenant say it may have once carried Canaanite pagan idols.  Researchers have been excavating Kiriath Jearim - an area where the Old Testament claims the ark was kept for 20 years before it arrived in...

The  Petrodollar Connection So China is The next Iraq Since the dawn of the petroleum age, the geopolitical strategies concocted by developed nations have increasingly been centered on maintaining easy access to the world’s oil supplies. Only the truly naive could deny the obvious powerful economic and political incentives that are derived from access to cheap oil supplies. And while most nations have a clear motivation to maintain easy access to the world’s cheapest oil supplies out of sheer economic necessity, as well as the political goodwill it engenders among the masses, this is certainly not the sole concern for the United States. As you have discovered, the United States has an additional unique incentive regarding the world’s oil. Namely, ensuring that all oil around the globe, both current supplies and future discoveries, remain priced in U.S. dollars. A simple examination of America’s foreign policy efforts in the wake of the ‘oil shock’ of 1973, and in  ...