Is the Ark of the Covenant REALLY lost?

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Ark of the Covenant is an ornate golden box, supposed to have housed the original ten commandments. As well as being a sacred artefact, there are several stories detailing its immense power, used by the Israelites in warfare to destroy enemy armies and flatten entire cities. However, at a certain point in the biblical account it vanishes. Never to be seen, or heard of, again.

The location of this mythical Hebrew item is one of history's most enduring mysteries. Although many believe that it was destroyed when a Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem in 587 BCE, there’s evidence to suggest that it’s still out there – waiting to be found. Some say that it's hidden in a desert cave, another group says that it's housed in a chapel in Ethiopia, others say that it's held in an underground vault deep below Jerusalem.

Is the Ark of the Covenant REALLY lost? I want to investigate this matter carefully, and separate the fact from the fiction.

I do hope you enjoy this video. I certainly had fun making it, and learnt a lot in the process (especially after some audio hiccups which are present in the video – sorry!). It is my largest video to date, and there's plenty more long-form content to come. Thank you all for nearly 400k subscribers.
H.

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Notes:

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:35 The Artefact
13:00 The Judean Desert
19:16 Ethiopia
22:17 Beneath Jerusalem
27:44 Concluding Thoughts
32:17 Outro

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Music:

Intro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian by Peter Pringle
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Thunderbird by Kevin MacLeod
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Thunder Dreams by Kevin MacLeod
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The Ulgonsah Witches: Will it End by CO.AG
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Private Reflection by Kevin MacLeod
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Unpromised by Kevin MacLeod
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Lost Time by Kevin MacLeod
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Past The Edge by Kevin MacLeod
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Decline by Kevin MacLeod
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Infados by Kevin MacLeod
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Virtutes Vocis by Kevin MacLeod
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Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod
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The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro - Peaceful Ambient Music by CO.AG
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Further Reading:

Ark of the Covenant - World History Encyclopaedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/Ark_of_t...

“Ark of the Covenant” by Seow, C. L. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. 1. Edited by David N. Freedman, 386–393. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Ark of the Covenant Pts. 1 & 2 - Parcast: Unexplained Mysteries
https://www.parcast.com/unexplained

Templar Theory - Graham Phillips
http://www.grahamphillips.net/ark/ark...

"Does Trail to Ark of Covenant End Behind Aksum Curtain?" by Michael A. Hilzik (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" by Nadav Shragai (Haaretz)
https://web.archive.org/web/200602182...

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