The Curator at the Manhyia Palace Museum, Justice Brobbey, has drawn similarities between the Ark of the Covenant in biblical days with the Golden Stool of the Ashantis.
According to him, the sacredness of the stool, which he said he prefers to call the Gold Stool, instead of the golden stool, is such that it is like the blood and soul of the Asante people.
He explained further that the stool is so sacred, it is not one that must be seen or touch by just anybody and it is the reason its location is not even known to just anybody.
Justice Brobbey was responding to questions by a presenter on Toast on GHOne TV during an interview with him at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi recently. "The Golden Stool is still with us… why do you have to see it?...