The Samaritans

Above Left: The pass between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal, site of Biblical Shechem in Samaria, and the modern West Bank city of Nablus. Above Right: The first "Samaritans" had to fend off real lions (Assyrian relief in British Museum, enhanced.)

Left: Ruins of Samaritan Temple, destroyed by Maccabean Israel in 2^nd century BC. Right:: Recent photo of two Samaritan priests with Samaritan Torah.

Philip witnessed to and baptized the treasurer of the Ethiopian nation The Ethiopian monk at left claims to be guardian of the lost Ark of the Covenant