Sun god of Heaven
The Sun god of Heaven( Hittite: nepišaš Ištanu) was a Hittite solar deity.
He was the second- most worshipped solar deity of the Hittites, after the Sun goddess of Arinna.
The Sun god of Heaven was identified with the Hurrian solar deity, Šimige.
From the time of Tudḫaliya III, the Sun god of Heaven was the protector of the Hittite king, indicated by a winged solar disc on the royal seals, and was the god of the kingdom" par excellence".
From the time of Suppiluliuma I( and probably earlier), the Sun god of Heaven played an important role as the foremost oath god in interstate treaties.
As a result of the influence of the Mesopotamian Sun god Šamaš, the Sun god of Heaven also gained an important role as the god of law, legality, and truth.
Sun god (disambiguation)
Sun god may refer to:
The Ark of Mr. Chow
The Ark of Mr. Chow is a 2015 Chinese period youth drama film directed by Xiao Yang.
It was released on June 19, 2015.
The Chekist
The Chekist is a 1992 Russian- French dystopian drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, based on a 1923 short story by Vladimir Zazubrin.
It tells the story of a bloody work and downfall of a Soviet Cheka security official involved in mass executions during the Russian Civil War.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant , also known as the Ark of the Testimony, and in a few verses across various translations as the Ark of God, is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it also contained Aaron's rod and a pot of manna.
Hebrews 9:4 describes: "The ark of the covenant [was] covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tablets of the covenant."
The biblical account relates that, approximately one year after the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, the Ark was created according to the pattern given to Moses by God when the Israelites were encamped at the foot of biblical Mount Sinai.
Thereafter, the gold-plated acacia chest was carried by its staves while en route by the Levites approximately 2,000 cubits (approximately) in advance of the people when on the march or before the Israelite army, the host of fighting men.
When carried, the Ark was always hidden under a large veil made of skins and blue cloth, always carefully concealed, even from the eyes of the priests and the Levites who carried it.
God was said to have spoken with Moses "from between the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover.
When at rest the tabernacle was set up and the holy Ark was placed in it under the veil of the covering, the staves of it crossing the middle side bars to hold it up off the ground.
The Sign and the Seal
The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is a 1992 book by British pseudoscience author Graham Hancock, in which the author describes his search for the Ark of the Covenant and proposes a theory of the ark's historical movements and current whereabouts.
The book sold well but received negative reviews.
Philistine captivity of the Ark
The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites, in which the Ark of the covenant was in the possession of the Philistines, who had captured it after defeating the Israelites in a battle at a location between Eben-ezer, where the Israelites encamped, and Aphek (probably Antipatris), where the Philistines encamped.
The ark narrative does not include any mention of Samuel; Bill Arnold suggests that it is "in order to celebrate the power of Yahweh's ark."
Many scholars put 1 Samuel 4 - 6 together with 2 Samuel 6 and believe that it reflects an old source that was eventually incorporated into the History of David's Rise or into the later Deuteronomistic History.
According to 1 Samuel 4, prior to the battle the Ark had been residing at the ancient sanctuary of Shiloh, but was brought out by the Israelites in hope of victory in the war.
The Israelites suffered a significant defeat; Hophni and Phinehas, sons of the High Priest Eli, were killed and the ark was captured.
The news of the ark's capture was such a shock to Eli that he fell off his chair and died, while Phinehas' wife died in childbirth as she heard the news, giving birth to Ichabod, whose name means "Where is the glory?"
Robert Alter argues that 1 Samuel 4:22 should be translated as "Glory is "exiled" from Israel," and that the story of the Philistine captivity of the ark is one of exile.
Peter Leithart suggests that Israel deserved to go into exile, but the ark did so instead: "Yahweh went into exile, taking on the curse of the covenant for His people, and while in exile He fought for them and defeated the gods of Philistia."
1 Samuel 5 and 6 describe the Philistines as having to move the Ark to several parts of their territory, as tumours or hemorrhoids ("emerods")
afflicted the people in each town to which it was taken: Ashdod, then Gath, then Ekron.
The Septuagint adds that "mice sprang up in the midst of their country".
Stirrup points out that the "severity of the punishments increases through the passage": tumours in Ashdod (vv. 6-8), extensive tumours and panic in Gath, which had volunteered to take on the Ark (vv. 9,10a), and tumours on those who did not die and deathly panic in Ekron, which was 'volunteered' to take the Ark (vv. 10b-12).
The text explicitly ascribes the plague to "Yahweh's hand" (1 Samuel 5:6).
In Ashdod, when the Ark was placed in the temple of Dagon, the statue of Dagon was found prostrate in front of the Ark the next morning; after the statue of Dagon was restored to its place, it was again found prostrate the next morning, and this time its head and hands had also been broken off.
Leithart provides a number of parallels between the Philistine captivity of the Ark and the Plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus.
The ark brings about plagues, humbles the gods of the Philistines and returns full of treasure.
In fact, the Philistine diviners refer to the events of the Exodus in 1 Samuel 6:6.
On the advice of these diviners about how to end the plagues, the Philistines made a guilt offering of five golden tumors and five gold mice (representing the five Philistine rulers).
They then placed the gold along with the ark on a cart drawn by two milch cows , who head straight for Israel and do not waver.
The ark stops at Beth Shemesh before finding a more permanent home at Kiriath-Jearim.
Uzzah
According to the Tanakh, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning strength, was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant.
Uzzah was the son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath- jearim placed the Ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines.
With his brother Ahio, he drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem.
When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah steadied the ark with his hand, in direct violation of the divine law, and he was immediately killed for his error.
David, displeased because Yahweh had killed Uzzah, called the place where this occurred Perez-uzzah, which means" to burst out against Uzzah".
David was afraid to bring the ark any further, and placed it in the house of Obed- edom the Gittite for three months.
The Lord then blessed Obed- edom and David went and brought up the ark of God into the city of David.
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a 2008 Canadian- American, military science fiction, direct- to- video film in the" Stargate" franchise, acting as a sequel to the television series" Stargate SG- 1".
It is written and directed by Robert C. Cooper, produced by Cooper, John G. Lenic, and the series' creator Brad Wright, and stars its regular cast.
The film is the conclusion of the Ori arc, and picks up after the" SG- 1" series finale.
However, it happens before the Stargate Atlantis third season finale.
" The Ark of Truth" was released as a Region 1 DVD by MGM's home media distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on March 11, 2008.
Sky
One has broadcast the film on March 24, 2008, to be followed by the Region 2 DVD release on April 28, 2008 with the Region 4 DVD release on April 9, 2008.
SPACE has broadcast the film on September 13, 2008.
The SciFi Channel premiered the movie on March 27, 2009.
It is the first of two" Stargate SG- 1" direct- to- DVD films, the second one being.
The Ark of the Sun God
Sopravvissuti della città morta( Survivors of the Dead City) or Ark of the Sun God is a 1984 Italian action film starring David Warbeck and directed by Antonio Margheriti.
The film was partly filmed and produced in Turkey.

Question: Which film was released more recently, The Ark Of The Sun God or The Chekist?
Answer: The Chekist