How long does it take to read The Sign and the Seal?
The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock takes about 11 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 1992. 600 pages, about 165,000 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A compelling brew of mystery, crime, and science revealing the details behind the search for the lost Ark of the Covenant. The Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends--revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden. Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time--from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail--this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.
Subjects: Ark of the Covenant, Travel, Description and travel, Miscellanea, Hancock, Graham -- Travel -- Ethiopia, Religion
