Archaeologists tracing the origins of the Ark of the Covenant, a lost biblical chest that is said to contain ancient relics, believe it may have also carried pagan idols thousands of years old ...

"Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the Ark of his Covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe ...

Some historians believe the Ark of the Covenant was originally kept inside the Holy of Holies, the innermost chamber of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, before it disappeared during the Babylonian ...

The Ark of the Covenant—its construction and function is described in the book of Exodus 25:10-22—was a cedar box covered with gold on the ... it must be God’s will that it remain with him.10.

They were slaughtered trying to stop real-life raiders of the lost ark — an artifact so powerful and holy they were forbidden from ever seeing it. The harrowing mass-murder of at least 800 pe… ...

This year I turn to the holiest object stored there: the aron ha-kodesh, the holy ark of the covenant. The ark was a box made of acacia wood overlaid by gold (about 52-by-31-by-31 inches).

Israel: Archaeologists Hunting the Ark of the Covenant Believe Ancient Relic May Have Held Pagan Gods. Published Aug 30, 2017 at 10:34 AM EDT.