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Stoo,
You are still here so you must have chose wisely.
Indeed. I was lucky to get out alive. Considering the amount of security the compound had, it was more difficult getting out than it was getting in!
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Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Amway. I just know it.
Ha! No, the reason wasn't Amway (nor Tupperware nor Avon nor Mary K Cosmetics)!
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Originally Posted by EvilEmperorZoRG
And by the way, is it me or at the last scene of Raiders Of The Lost Ark they take the ark to a Greek island ?
You're absolutely correct, Zorg. (Pale Horse is wrong.) It's north of Crete and the closest that resembles it in the real world is the tiny island called, Christiani Nisida.
Indeed. I was lucky to get out alive. Considering the amount of security the compound had, it was more difficult getting out than it was getting in!
Ha! No, the reason wasn't Amway (nor Tupperware nor Avon nor Mary K Cosmetics)!
You're absolutely correct, Zorg. (Pale Horse is wrong.) It's north of Crete and the closest that resembles it in the real world is the tiny island called, Christiani Nisida.
Now that I watched this scene from Riders again, you can also clearly see the words 'EECE' on the map above the island. GREECE probably
I still can't make up the map though.
That's what Indiana Jones Wiki says
By 1936, the Nazis had built a secret submarine base Geheimhaven on an island north of Crete. After re-capturing the Ark of the Covenant from Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood, Rene Belloq took the Ark to the island to open it in a Jewish ceremony held at a natural altar near the summit of the island. Belloq, Dietrich, and the Nazis were killed, and Jones and Ravenwood escaped, and returned the Ark to the United States.
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Now that I watched this scene from Riders again, you can also clearly see the words 'EECE' on the map above the island. GREECE probably
I still can't make up the map though.
It is actually Greece but the whole map is totally wrong. Still, Stoo is right, Christiani Nisida is a small uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Santorini and it might be the place where the Ark was supposedly opened.
It won't be long till it's updated to something like:
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Originally Posted by Sakis
It is actually Greece but the whole map is totally wrong. Still, Stoo is right, Christiani Nisida is a small uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Santorini and it might be the place where the Ark was supposedly opened.
I'll go there on Christmas
Best time to go. I knew this island but I never thought it's the one from Raiders. I'll post photos if I manage to go this Christmas !
And I agree, the map is totally wrong. As a kid I was trying to find where the island is and I was so confused
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Originally Posted by Sakis
It is actually Greece but the whole map is totally wrong. Still, Stoo is right, Christiani Nisida is a small uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Santorini and it might be the place where the Ark was supposedly opened.
Σας ευχαριστώ, Sakis. The map doesn't exactly match the real world but the position is close to Christiani Nisidia...even though the "Raiders" island is much bigger!
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Originally Posted by Rocket Surgeon
Eh, the Wiki comes HERE to find things out!
It won't be long till it's updated to something like:
...minus Stoo's name of course.
Quoted for truth. It's happened on quite a few occasions. Wiki-Schmiki!
It's north of Crete and the closest that resembles it in the real world is the tiny island called, Christiani Nisida.
What was the actual island in this picture? Marin Island, San Pablo Bay, off San Rafael, California is listed as the location of the base, but it doesn't look like the photos I've seen.
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Not Christiani Nisidia
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It's north of Crete and the closest that resembles it in the real world is the tiny island called, Christiani Nisida.
Correcting myself, the island is actually a little farther east. Details to follow...
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What was the actual island in this picture? Marin Island, San Pablo Bay, off San Rafael, California is listed as the location of the base, but it doesn't look like the photos I've seen.
very British problem of a leaky church roof could be about to give the world the chance to glimpse the legendary Ark of the Covenant.
That's because the claimed home of the iconic relic - a small chapel in Ethiopia - has sprung a leak and so the Ark could now be on the move.
The Ark - which The Bible says holds God's Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai - is said to have been kept in Aksum, in the Chapel of the Tablet.....
The Bible describes the dangerous properties of the Ark in what may be explained as radioactivity. I think there is strong evidence that there is something ominous hidden and guarded within a certain temple in Axom (or Axum, depending on the map) in Ethiopia. Every priest who has vowed to protect the secret has developed cataracts within two years- a symptom of exposure to radioactivity. However, the Ethiopians admit there have been many effigies of the Ark to deter robbers away from the real one. If an Ark was found in Greece, could it be one of the fakes brought back by Alexander The Great? How could anyone even tell the difference between a fake Ark and the real one? Unless a ghost pops out and faces melt away, what other criteria would archeology go on to prove its authenticity?
Wiki-Schmiki!
Not Christiani Nisidia
Anafi
