Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins

Jan 02, 2021 | IMDB 8.3

90 min Watch Now

Documentary, History

In Israel, a joint French-Israeli scientific mission is set to unearth the secrets of the hill of Kiryath-Jearim (or Kiryat Ya’arim), converted to the site of a Catholic convent, where, according to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was kept for at least twenty years before being brought to Jerusalem by King David, father of King Solomon, who would eventually build the Holy of Holies inside the First Temple to house it.

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Anne Cardona, Israël Filkenstein, Thomas Römer, Matthew J. Adams, Christophe Nicolle, Amotz Agnon, Yaniv Darvasi, Marie de l'Arche, Margaret Cohen, Naomi Porat

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