Posted on 08/18/2003 8:31:27 AM PDT by 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.
Even ancient Ethiopia was not in modern Ethiopia.
Doesn't seem like the sorta thing that would slip your mind, does it?
Must have been moved to chat. there are no topics or reserve words on that thread you posted. That's why it didn't show up on my search.
May I please ask series...Do You Really Believe That???
Oy Vey.
Seriously... I don't. I believe it's been destroyed on earth, but will be present for us in Heaven. yes I actually believe that. Along with Moses' staff, the original apple (or whatever it was), the Cross of Jesus, kinda like a Heavenly Smithsonian... you might call it: the God-sonian (he said with absolutely no blasphemist intent)
Thanks! I was writing from a poor memory, and didn't get all the details right.
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Keepers of the Lost Ark?[Ethiopia][Ark of the Covenant]
Smithsonian Magazine | December 2007 | Paul Raffaele
Posted on 11/27/2007 2:27:12 PM EST by BGHater
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