is anything really lost forever
welcome to watchmojo.com likeliest
locations of the real Ark of the
Covenant
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
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this list we’re looking at places where
the real Ark a sacred religious
artifacts supposedly containing the
original Ten Commandments and
constructed by Moses could be found
these are places where people have
outright claimed to have it or sites
with some archaeological clues or
evidence to the fact number 10 the
Cathedral of Our Lady of shark France
from the outside this gothic building is
imposing to look at and according to
some sources the site has been
considered holy since as early as 100 BC
though the cathedral itself wasn’t
finished until the 13th century but it’s
been suggested that the Chartres
Cathedral is where the Knights Templar
took the Ark of the Covenant if they
retrieved it from Jerusalem a thousand
years ago
this isn’t Frances only claim to the Ark
either very similar theories arose in
the mid 20th century regarding fiendish
atoll claiming that the Templars had
brought back not only the Ark but also
the Holy Grail and Christ’s remains
number nine an estate in Warwickshire
England most stories surrounding the
enigmatic Knights Templar lead to an
entirely different location this one in
the United Kingdom Graham Phillips an
author who’s one of many people to set
out on a quest to try and find the Ark
eventually claimed that the Templar
stole the ark from the valley of Edom
now modern Israel and Jordan in the
latter half of the 12th century it was
removed when one of the important
Templars at the time Ralph de sood Lee
discovered it and decided to bring it
back home with him to England number 8
the Hill of Tara Ireland described by
some as the soul of Ireland the Hill of
Tara is an ancient site of incredible
historical and cultural significance
traditionally it was from here that the
high kings of Ireland ruled and it’s
where the haunting Stone of Destiny can
be found but it’s also home to a
centuries-old church named for Saint
Patrick most importantly for the topic
at hand
sacred monument was also the site of an
illegal excavation done by a group of
British Israelites looking for the Ark
of the Covenant whether they were right
we may never know as this vandalism was
quickly halted number seven the arch
basilica of st. John Lateran Italy one
of the most important churches in the
Western world this building has had its
place in Rome since the 4th century by
then the ark had already been lost for
just over a millennium though
hypothetically if somebody recovered it
during this period it could have
eventually found its way to one of
Catholicism’s most significant
cathedrals the belief that the Ark is
still being kept somewhere beneath those
hallowed halls is shared by a few
Catholics however in the Middle Ages it
was subjected to multiple fires leading
some to speculate that if the Ark was
ever there it may have been destroyed
number 6 the bottom of Lake Tiberias
Israel in Islam the hadith are the
recorded sayings and actions delivered
by the Prophet Muhammad one of these
hadith says that the Mahdi an unknown
figure who will appear at the end of the
world will quote remove the Ark of the
Covenant from Lake Tiberias more
commonly called the Sea of Galilee those
who believe this most literally assume
that the lake bed is where the Ark has
been since 587 BC however searching the
whole lake for it would be extremely
difficult number five an unmarked cave
in Jordan the canonical status of the
second book of Maccabees may be a point
of contention between the world’s
largest religions but it does offer some
information about where the Ark of the
Covenant may have ended up according to
its Scripture Jeremiah foresaw the
babylonian siege in 587 BC and removed
the ark from Jerusalem he took it to an
anonymous cave somewhere in what’s now
Jordan and sealed it up along with a few
more sacred artifacts for good measure
if this is true the cave supposedly
somewhere in the region of Mount Nebo
has not yet been discovered number 4 one
of the Dead Sea Scrolls locations
recovered from a cave system near the
Dead Sea in the 1940s and 50s
this collection of primarily Hebrew
Scrolls has been intriguing and baffling
archaeologists for decades but one of
them written on copper and discovered in
1952 may in fact be a treasure
to the legendary Ark it’s a map with 64
marked locations as well as cryptic
clues exactly the kind of thing you’d
expect from an adventure movie adding
mystery archaeologist Jim Barfield says
that while an excavation of a specific
site was initially supported by the
Israeli Antiquities Authority it was
quickly shut down with no explanation
number three held by the lembeh tribe in
South Africa the lembeh tribe is a group
living in South Africa and Zimbabwe
that’s linked to Jewish traditions which
extends to displaying what they say is
the genuine Ark of the Covenant in a
museum in Harare looking at the object
which is a sacred drum called an in Goma
you may be skeptical about this claim
however the deeper story is that the
sangoma is a replica constructed using
the core of the original Ark when its
remains were discovered in a cave
several hundred years ago carbon dating
has actually verified this as the object
does date back to 1350 ad number to kill
yet yeah heme is real according to the
Bible the ark passed through here when
King David brought it to Jerusalem oddly
Julieta heme is one of the last
important sites to be excavated a dig
began in late 2017
but only time will tell if they managed
to uncover the relic the site where the
first temple or Solomon’s Temple
originally stood in Jerusalem before its
destruction by the Babylonians has also
never been examined
despite at once housing the ark this is
because today the site is underneath the
dome of the rock shrine which is so
sacred in Islam that excavations will
unlikely ever be permitted number one an
Orthodox Church in Aksum Ethiopia the
monks of the Church of Our Lady Mary of
Zion have certainly been the most vocal
about their claim to hold the Ark it
supposedly kept under constant guard
with one priest allowed into the
building where it’s kept and has never
been seen by outside eyes which casts a
lot of doubt Ethiopia is a hot spot for
ark theories though and Lake Tana
surrounded by even more Orthodox
churches is also alleged to have housed
the ark for 400 years or so the Palace
of the Queen of Sheba built for the
Queen by King Solomon is also found here
though a 2008 excavation of the
buildings ruins
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welcome to watchmojo.com likeliest
locations of the real Ark of the
Covenant
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at places where
the real Ark a sacred religious
artifacts supposedly containing the
original Ten Commandments and
constructed by Moses could be found
these are places where people have
outright claimed to have it or sites
with some archaeological clues or
evidence to the fact number 10 the
Cathedral of Our Lady of shark France
from the outside this gothic building is
imposing to look at and according to
some sources the site has been
considered holy since as early as 100 BC
though the cathedral itself wasn’t
finished until the 13th century but it’s
been suggested that the Chartres
Cathedral is where the Knights Templar
took the Ark of the Covenant if they
retrieved it from Jerusalem a thousand
years ago
this isn’t Frances only claim to the Ark
either very similar theories arose in
the mid 20th century regarding fiendish
atoll claiming that the Templars had
brought back not only the Ark but also
the Holy Grail and Christ’s remains
number nine an estate in Warwickshire
England most stories surrounding the
enigmatic Knights Templar lead to an
entirely different location this one in
the United Kingdom Graham Phillips an
author who’s one of many people to set
out on a quest to try and find the Ark
eventually claimed that the Templar
stole the ark from the valley of Edom
now modern Israel and Jordan in the
latter half of the 12th century it was
removed when one of the important
Templars at the time Ralph de sood Lee
discovered it and decided to bring it
back home with him to England number 8
the Hill of Tara Ireland described by
some as the soul of Ireland the Hill of
Tara is an ancient site of incredible
historical and cultural significance
traditionally it was from here that the
high kings of Ireland ruled and it’s
where the haunting Stone of Destiny can
be found but it’s also home to a
centuries-old church named for Saint
Patrick most importantly for the topic
at hand
sacred monument was also the site of an
illegal excavation done by a group of
British Israelites looking for the Ark
of the Covenant whether they were right
we may never know as this vandalism was
quickly halted number seven the arch
basilica of st. John Lateran Italy one
of the most important churches in the
Western world this building has had its
place in Rome since the 4th century by
then the ark had already been lost for
just over a millennium though
hypothetically if somebody recovered it
during this period it could have
eventually found its way to one of
Catholicism’s most significant
cathedrals the belief that the Ark is
still being kept somewhere beneath those
hallowed halls is shared by a few
Catholics however in the Middle Ages it
was subjected to multiple fires leading
some to speculate that if the Ark was
ever there it may have been destroyed
number 6 the bottom of Lake Tiberias
Israel in Islam the hadith are the
recorded sayings and actions delivered
by the Prophet Muhammad one of these
hadith says that the Mahdi an unknown
figure who will appear at the end of the
world will quote remove the Ark of the
Covenant from Lake Tiberias more
commonly called the Sea of Galilee those
who believe this most literally assume
that the lake bed is where the Ark has
been since 587 BC however searching the
whole lake for it would be extremely
difficult number five an unmarked cave
in Jordan the canonical status of the
second book of Maccabees may be a point
of contention between the world’s
largest religions but it does offer some
information about where the Ark of the
Covenant may have ended up according to
its Scripture Jeremiah foresaw the
babylonian siege in 587 BC and removed
the ark from Jerusalem he took it to an
anonymous cave somewhere in what’s now
Jordan and sealed it up along with a few
more sacred artifacts for good measure
if this is true the cave supposedly
somewhere in the region of Mount Nebo
has not yet been discovered number 4 one
of the Dead Sea Scrolls locations
recovered from a cave system near the
Dead Sea in the 1940s and 50s
this collection of primarily Hebrew
Scrolls has been intriguing and baffling
archaeologists for decades but one of
them written on copper and discovered in
1952 may in fact be a treasure
to the legendary Ark it’s a map with 64
marked locations as well as cryptic
clues exactly the kind of thing you’d
expect from an adventure movie adding
mystery archaeologist Jim Barfield says
that while an excavation of a specific
site was initially supported by the
Israeli Antiquities Authority it was
quickly shut down with no explanation
number three held by the lembeh tribe in
South Africa the lembeh tribe is a group
living in South Africa and Zimbabwe
that’s linked to Jewish traditions which
extends to displaying what they say is
the genuine Ark of the Covenant in a
museum in Harare looking at the object
which is a sacred drum called an in Goma
you may be skeptical about this claim
however the deeper story is that the
sangoma is a replica constructed using
the core of the original Ark when its
remains were discovered in a cave
several hundred years ago carbon dating
has actually verified this as the object
does date back to 1350 ad number to kill
yet yeah heme is real according to the
Bible the ark passed through here when
King David brought it to Jerusalem oddly
Julieta heme is one of the last
important sites to be excavated a dig
began in late 2017
but only time will tell if they managed
to uncover the relic the site where the
first temple or Solomon’s Temple
originally stood in Jerusalem before its
destruction by the Babylonians has also
never been examined
despite at once housing the ark this is
because today the site is underneath the
dome of the rock shrine which is so
sacred in Islam that excavations will
unlikely ever be permitted number one an
Orthodox Church in Aksum Ethiopia the
monks of the Church of Our Lady Mary of
Zion have certainly been the most vocal
about their claim to hold the Ark it
supposedly kept under constant guard
with one priest allowed into the
building where it’s kept and has never
been seen by outside eyes which casts a
lot of doubt Ethiopia is a hot spot for
ark theories though and Lake Tana
surrounded by even more Orthodox
churches is also alleged to have housed
the ark for 400 years or so the Palace
of the Queen of Sheba built for the
Queen by King Solomon is also found here
though a 2008 excavation of the
buildings ruins
nothing do you agree with our pics check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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