Real-life raiders hunt Ark of the Covenant

[bedolido]

Relic searchers dig near Jesus' crucifixion site in quest for chest holding 10 Commandments

For centuries, many have wondered whatever happened to the Ark of the Covenant, the box the Bible says contained the Ten Commandments of God. Now, a new quest is underway for the legendary chest featured in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark," trying to prove the claim the Ark is buried below the purported site where Jesus Christ was crucified.

An international team has just completed what it calls its first stage of exploration, spending two weeks beneath Mount Moriah outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem.

Some 30 explorers from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Estonia have been in a cave system north of the city's Damascus Gate to try to determine if the Ark is indeed located there.

The group is trying to verify the claim made by relic hunter Ron Wyatt who said he actually saw the Ark there two decades ago after tunneling through a small passageway.

Wyatt died of cancer in 1999 after years of searching for biblical antiquities, claiming to have found Noah's Ark near Mount Ararat in Turkey, the remains of Pharaoh's chariots that chased Moses through the Red Sea, and the "true" location of Mount Sinai in Arabia.

"I just want to know the truth, whatever it is," says Richard Rives, president of Wyatt Archaeological Research in Cornersville, Tenn., which is spearheading the latest effort. While members of his group are not archaeologists by trade – they're doctors, nurses, structural and construction engineers, and businessmen – they are teaming with professional archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, which has sanctioned the dig.

In 1982, Wyatt entered the caves from a location since sealed, but believed there was an alternate passageway used by the prophet Jeremiah to protect the Ark from invading Babylonians some 600 years before the birth of Christ.

Ironically, during his Ark quest 21 years ago, Wyatt and his crew decided to take a break and go to the movies. Unaware of what was playing, they were surprised to see "Raiders of the Lost Ark," which had just been released.

This summer's research team used ground-penetrating radar to peer below the surface, trying to pinpoint the alleged tunnel of Jeremiah.

Rives believes they met great success while taking samples behind a man-made wall.

[habs4ever]

They should have called on someone with experience ;-)

[Lonely NY Conservative]

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To conceal in a hiding place; cache. See Synonyms at hide1.</P>
To steal secretly; filch.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!

Series:

series
A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.
A set of stamps, coins or currency issued in a particular period.
Physics & Chemistry. A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration: a radioactive decay series; the paraffin alkane series.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Something has intrigued me for quite a while, with regards to the search for the ark:

There is a researcher (Michael Sanders) who believes that the ark was taken by Shishak king of Egypt, who, according to 2 Chron 12:9, "took all". He believes it was stashed in a town south of Jerusalem now called Djaharya.

Not realized by the author, or at least not mentioned on his site, is a word play that relates to the Biblical name of that village: Debir, meaning oracle or sanctuary... IOW, the holy of holies.

So I have been left to wonder if the ark of the covenant is where it has always been - in a manner of speaking - that is, in the sanctuary (Debir). Seems like a concept which would invoke the Homeresque response of "D'oh".

[eastsider]

It's in Ethiopia ...

[bedolido]

It's in Ethiopia ...

I saw a special on TLC (I think it was) about the Ark and they too said it was Ethiopia on a small island in a monastery of monks (can't remember the order).

[AppyPappy]

The best was the guy who said it was under Calvary and Jesus' blood flowed down to the Ark in a symbolic version of animal sacrifice. It was too hard to comprehend.

[eastsider]

Here's a link to one of the many sites that came up on a google search: "Keeper of the Ark."

[Thinkin' Gal]

Wasn't that Wyatt? That guy just had the worst luck in obtaining any evidence whatsoever. Imagine that.

[bert]

Ethiopia......

[CyberAnt]

And boy can we have fun with that word!! ROTFLOL

This is not only series, it HUGH!!

[RoughDobermann]

Read The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock. He's the guy whi was featured in the show.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. back to reality .. it couldn't melt their faces off, because the Zoe of GOD does not reside there anymore. After Jesus became "the firstborn among the dead", He took His own blood and poured it on the mercy seat (which is what the Ark represented). Because of that action, GOD does not reside in the Ark anymore, the Life of GOD only resides in those who have received Jesus as their Savior.

Didn't mean to turn so series, but ......!!

[Saundra Duffy]

I thought everybody knew - it's in Ethiopia

[CyberAnt]

That was my question, if he saw it - why on earth wouldn't he take it ..?? Perhaps he didn't have permission to remove it ..?? Curious?

[CyberAnt]

Ooooh! Interesing!

[CyberAnt]

Well .. if that were true, then why would the Bible say Jesus "carried" His own blood into the Holy of Holies and poured it onto the mercy seat. How could Jesus do that while He was still hanging on the cross ..?? Their claim doesn't pass the smell test.

[CaptRon]

Axum.

[AppyPappy]

then why would the Bible say Jesus "carried" His own blood into the Holy of Holies and poured it onto the mercy seat.

Source please.

[CyberAnt]

My source is The Bible!