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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,338 --> 00:00:05,215 [ Man Narrating ] A biblical relic... 2 00:00:05,298 --> 00:00:07,592 with incredible powers- 3 00:00:08,426 --> 00:00:10,178 the power to harm... 4 00:00:11,304 --> 00:00:12,847 the power to kill... 5 00:00:14,057 --> 00:00:17,644 even the power to talk to God. 6 00:00:18,770 --> 00:00:23,233 The Ark of the Covenant- it's the ultimate high technology device of its day. 7 00:00:24,359 --> 00:00:27,028 People were terrified of this great and awesome Ark. 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,201 Wherever it showed up, people would all of a sudden die. 9 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:37,122 [ Narrator] But is this mysterious gold chest... 10 00:00:37,205 --> 00:00:39,708 truly of divine origin? 11 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:45,463 Or might its powers come from some even more otherworldly source? 12 00:00:45,547 --> 00:00:47,215 [ Man ] It's a type of super weapon... 13 00:00:47,298 --> 00:00:50,385 that was being controlled or guided from an extraterrestrial. 14 00:00:51,344 --> 00:00:53,555 [ Narrator] Millions of people around the world... 15 00:00:53,638 --> 00:00:55,724 believe we have been visited in the past... 16 00:00:55,807 --> 00:00:58,059 by extraterrestrial beings. 17 00:00:58,727 --> 00:01:00,645 What if it were true? 18 00:01:01,646 --> 00:01:05,817 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 19 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:08,987 And if so, might the proof be found... 20 00:01:09,070 --> 00:01:12,449 inside the Ark of the Covenant? 21 00:01:45,607 --> 00:01:49,736 [ Narrator] The West Bank. July 2013. 22 00:01:51,154 --> 00:01:55,200 Ten miles north of the Israeli settlement of Beit El... 23 00:01:55,283 --> 00:01:58,912 archaeologists unearth clay pots, stoves... 24 00:01:58,995 --> 00:02:04,626 and a portion of a wall dating back to around 1300 B.C. 25 00:02:06,377 --> 00:02:08,797 But the most mundane of their findings here... 26 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,633 may also be the most significant- 27 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:15,845 holes carved into the solid rock ground. 28 00:02:16,805 --> 00:02:19,974 Based on the location and the date of the artifacts... 29 00:02:20,058 --> 00:02:22,477 they believe these holes may have once held... 30 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,981 the wooden beams used to support the tabernacle at Shiloh. 31 00:02:28,399 --> 00:02:32,362 If true, it is the first physical evidence ever discovered... 32 00:02:32,445 --> 00:02:35,073 of the ancient sanctuary built to house... 33 00:02:35,156 --> 00:02:39,619 what is perhaps the most mysterious religious relic in the world- 34 00:02:40,745 --> 00:02:42,914 the Ark of the Covenant. 35 00:02:44,833 --> 00:02:46,543 The story of the Ark of the Covenant... 36 00:02:46,626 --> 00:02:52,382 is one of the most fascinating and unexplored stories of the Bible. 37 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:57,595 The Ark of the Covenant had some very mysterious powers. 38 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:04,018 [ Man ] The Ark of the Covenant was what took me out of mainstream journalism. 39 00:03:04,102 --> 00:03:06,938 I began to wonder, what- what could this thing have been? 40 00:03:08,773 --> 00:03:11,109 [ Narrator] Reproductions of the Ark of the Covenant... 41 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:15,363 can be found in churches, synagogues and Masonic temples... 42 00:03:15,446 --> 00:03:17,532 throughout the world. 43 00:03:18,533 --> 00:03:21,619 It has even been featured in popular culture. 44 00:03:23,121 --> 00:03:26,291 But just what is the Ark of the Covenant? 45 00:03:30,295 --> 00:03:34,215 Mount Sinai. The 15th century B.C. 46 00:03:35,592 --> 00:03:38,303 According to the Bible's Book of Exodus... 47 00:03:38,386 --> 00:03:41,097 after the Israelites were released from Egypt... 48 00:03:41,180 --> 00:03:44,851 God summoned Moses to the peak of this holy mountain... 49 00:03:45,685 --> 00:03:47,937 and gave him two stone tablets... 50 00:03:48,021 --> 00:03:50,523 carved with the Ten Commandments. 51 00:03:51,608 --> 00:03:54,402 He also gave him specific instructions... 52 00:03:54,485 --> 00:03:56,738 for building the Ark of the Covenant. 53 00:03:57,697 --> 00:04:00,283 It was the box that was constructed to contain... 54 00:04:00,366 --> 00:04:02,827 the two tablets of the Ten Commandments... 55 00:04:03,745 --> 00:04:06,956 which were irradiated with divine power... 56 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,001 because they had been touched by the finger of God. 57 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,883 The covenant itself was a contract between God and the Israelites- 58 00:04:16,966 --> 00:04:19,260 "I will be your God and protect you... 59 00:04:19,344 --> 00:04:21,930 provided you keep my commandments." 60 00:04:23,514 --> 00:04:27,393 Israel's end of the deal, then, was going to be kept in the box... 61 00:04:27,477 --> 00:04:29,938 which is the Ark itself. 62 00:04:34,025 --> 00:04:35,652 [ Narrator] But the Ark of the Covenant... 63 00:04:35,735 --> 00:04:38,947 didn't only carry the Ten Commandments. 64 00:04:39,030 --> 00:04:43,201 It was also said to be the throne of God himself. 65 00:04:45,036 --> 00:04:47,664 In the Book of Exodus, in the 25th chapter... 66 00:04:47,747 --> 00:04:49,958 the verse is very clear. 67 00:04:50,041 --> 00:04:52,919 God says to Moses- [ Speaking Hebrew ] 68 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,589 "Have them make me a holy place... 69 00:04:56,673 --> 00:04:59,926 and I, God- I will dwell among them." 70 00:05:00,009 --> 00:05:03,805 And wherever the Ark went, that power of God went with them. 71 00:05:05,682 --> 00:05:08,601 The Ark is built... 72 00:05:08,685 --> 00:05:10,728 in a reflection... 73 00:05:10,812 --> 00:05:13,898 of what's called a "heavenly ark." 74 00:05:14,941 --> 00:05:18,486 It was built two-and-a-half cubits by one-and-a-half cubits... 75 00:05:18,569 --> 00:05:21,030 by one-and-a-half cubits. 76 00:05:21,114 --> 00:05:23,908 So the Ark would have been somewhere in the ballpark... 77 00:05:23,992 --> 00:05:27,161 of about a three-by-five foot rectangular box. 78 00:05:28,746 --> 00:05:32,250 [ Downing ] It was going to be covered with gold on the outside and the inside. 79 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:36,337 And it was to have two gold rings in each of the four corners. 80 00:05:36,421 --> 00:05:41,175 And it was carried with poles that were run through the rings. 81 00:05:41,259 --> 00:05:43,678 And the orders were that, uh, the poles... 82 00:05:43,761 --> 00:05:45,680 should never be removed from the rings. 83 00:05:46,347 --> 00:05:48,683 And the lid was to be made out of gold... 84 00:05:48,766 --> 00:05:51,728 and on each end of the lid were to be... 85 00:05:51,811 --> 00:05:55,189 cherubim or guardian angels, basically, with wings. 86 00:05:58,943 --> 00:06:00,862 [ Narrator] But why was it so important... 87 00:06:00,945 --> 00:06:05,116 that the Ark be constructed to such exact specifications? 88 00:06:06,325 --> 00:06:09,037 And why would God, a spiritual being... 89 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,123 require a physical throne here on Earth? 90 00:06:13,541 --> 00:06:17,628 Perhaps there is an answer in the Bible's description of Moses... 91 00:06:17,712 --> 00:06:20,757 after he returned from Mount Sinai. 92 00:06:21,799 --> 00:06:25,053 [ Tzadok ] After Moses came down from Mount Sinai... 93 00:06:25,136 --> 00:06:26,971 he was glowing, the Bible says... 94 00:06:27,055 --> 00:06:29,599 that he had to wear a scarf over his face. 95 00:06:30,850 --> 00:06:32,769 [ Tsoukalos ] I am fascinated with the idea... 96 00:06:32,852 --> 00:06:37,148 that Moses, all of a sudden, his appearance changed. 97 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:42,737 And so, the idea that Moses, all of a sudden, looked different... 98 00:06:42,820 --> 00:06:45,364 we have to ask ourselves, why? 99 00:06:48,451 --> 00:06:52,163 [ Narrator] Just what did Moses encounter on Mount Sinai? 100 00:06:52,246 --> 00:06:54,165 Was it God? 101 00:06:54,248 --> 00:06:57,919 Or was it someone or something else? 102 00:06:59,712 --> 00:07:03,800 [ Tzadok ] God is clearly an entity not of this earth... 103 00:07:03,883 --> 00:07:06,552 and by definition, therefore, an extraterrestrial. 104 00:07:06,636 --> 00:07:08,930 Where does he come from? 105 00:07:09,013 --> 00:07:12,767 We must recognize that when the ancients are speaking about God... 106 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:15,645 there is no other term that we can use... 107 00:07:15,728 --> 00:07:20,233 to describe these experiences other than "extraterrestrial." 108 00:07:23,778 --> 00:07:25,488 [ Narrator] After the Ark was built... 109 00:07:25,571 --> 00:07:27,865 and the Ten Commandments placed within it... 110 00:07:27,949 --> 00:07:29,951 the Israelites carried it with them... 111 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:32,662 on their 40-year exodus through the desert. 112 00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:36,791 The Ark of the Covenant was considered powerful... 113 00:07:36,874 --> 00:07:40,586 because it was the meeting place of God and humanity. 114 00:07:41,671 --> 00:07:44,590 And so, it had to be carried on poles so that it could be conveyed... 115 00:07:44,674 --> 00:07:46,467 without being touched. 116 00:07:47,385 --> 00:07:49,720 Certain people were allowed to carry it... 117 00:07:49,804 --> 00:07:51,889 and those people were ordained priests. 118 00:07:53,391 --> 00:07:56,686 Aaron, Moses' brother, and his sons were certainly priests. 119 00:07:56,769 --> 00:07:59,105 It was a prestigious job. 120 00:07:59,188 --> 00:08:01,399 But you had to know what you were doing. 121 00:08:03,943 --> 00:08:06,821 [ Downing ] Now, the Ark would be covered while they're carrying it, with a cloth... 122 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:09,824 so that they really couldn't see what they were carrying. 123 00:08:09,907 --> 00:08:14,453 And they were given strict orders that they should not lift up the cloth... 124 00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:17,165 and look at the Ark and try to see it. 125 00:08:20,543 --> 00:08:23,296 [ Narrator] But why was the Ark considered so dangerous... 126 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:26,340 that it couldn't be touched or even looked at? 127 00:08:27,341 --> 00:08:29,802 According to the Old Testament accounts... 128 00:08:29,886 --> 00:08:34,098 the Ark of the Covenant was not only a powerful device on its own. 129 00:08:34,182 --> 00:08:38,186 It also housed a number of other important religious relics. 130 00:08:39,812 --> 00:08:41,814 In addition to the Ten Commandments... 131 00:08:41,898 --> 00:08:43,816 it held Aaron's rod... 132 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:47,695 the staff that could miraculously turn into a serpent. 133 00:08:49,197 --> 00:08:51,824 It also held a jar of manna... 134 00:08:51,908 --> 00:08:56,037 an edible starch which, reportedly, came from the sky. 135 00:08:58,789 --> 00:09:01,751 What we begin to realize is that the Ark of the Covenant... 136 00:09:01,834 --> 00:09:03,711 was a sort of tool kit. 137 00:09:03,794 --> 00:09:06,380 And once this tool kit was assembled... 138 00:09:06,464 --> 00:09:09,175 we have the fully functioning Ark of the Covenant. 139 00:09:10,426 --> 00:09:12,887 The Ark went before them in the wilderness... 140 00:09:12,970 --> 00:09:18,768 and made sure the place where the children of Israel were to go... 141 00:09:18,851 --> 00:09:23,981 would be safe and able to provide for them in the desert. 142 00:09:25,066 --> 00:09:27,276 Anybody who's been to the Sinai Desert... 143 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,823 you could hardly imagine two to three million people... 144 00:09:32,907 --> 00:09:37,161 having any kind of sustenance in a desert. 145 00:09:38,829 --> 00:09:42,333 So therefore, what the Ark must have accomplished... 146 00:09:43,751 --> 00:09:45,711 was profound. 147 00:09:47,672 --> 00:09:50,591 [ Narrator] The Ark of the Covenant was said to have protected... 148 00:09:50,675 --> 00:09:54,262 and provided for the Israelites during the Exodus. 149 00:09:54,345 --> 00:09:55,805 But how? 150 00:09:55,888 --> 00:10:00,142 [ Tsoukalos ] What we can read in the Bible is that they were sustained... 151 00:10:00,226 --> 00:10:02,478 by something called manna. 152 00:10:02,561 --> 00:10:05,898 And the big question is, where did this manna come from? 153 00:10:05,982 --> 00:10:11,529 Well, two engineers by the name of Rodney Dale and George Sassoon... 154 00:10:11,612 --> 00:10:14,448 in the 1970s proposed... 155 00:10:14,532 --> 00:10:16,951 that the Ark of the Covenant... 156 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:19,912 was nothing else but a container... 157 00:10:19,996 --> 00:10:25,126 in which to store what they referred to as the Manna Machine. 158 00:10:26,335 --> 00:10:29,463 The Manna Machine was a nuclear-driven device... 159 00:10:29,547 --> 00:10:34,427 that dispensed food, or manna, to the Israelites. 160 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:40,766 [ Man ] The Ark of the Covenant is such a mystery. 161 00:10:40,850 --> 00:10:43,477 It could actually create food, supposedly... 162 00:10:43,561 --> 00:10:45,980 the manna that they were eating. 163 00:10:46,063 --> 00:10:48,816 It's like some kind of, uh... 164 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:52,737 super engineering, duplicating energy machine. 165 00:10:54,196 --> 00:10:56,198 [ Tsoukalos ] We have a concise description of it... 166 00:10:56,282 --> 00:10:59,201 in the ancient Jewish text of the Zohar... 167 00:10:59,285 --> 00:11:01,662 which is a part of the Kabbala... 168 00:11:01,746 --> 00:11:04,957 where they describe the Ancient of Days. 169 00:11:05,041 --> 00:11:09,462 But in reality, "the Ancient of Days" is a mistranslation. 170 00:11:09,545 --> 00:11:12,048 The correct translation is... 171 00:11:12,131 --> 00:11:15,426 "the transportable one with the tanks." 172 00:11:17,178 --> 00:11:19,722 Since when is God transportable... 173 00:11:19,805 --> 00:11:22,016 and why does he need tanks? 174 00:11:22,099 --> 00:11:23,893 So in the Zohar... 175 00:11:23,976 --> 00:11:27,813 we have concise descriptions not of God... 176 00:11:27,897 --> 00:11:30,316 but some type of a machine. 177 00:11:32,943 --> 00:11:36,072 [ Narrator] Did the Ark of the Covenant really house a machine... 178 00:11:36,155 --> 00:11:38,282 that provided food to the Israelites... 179 00:11:38,366 --> 00:11:40,951 during their 40 years in the desert? 180 00:11:42,119 --> 00:11:44,538 According to ancient astronaut theorists... 181 00:11:44,622 --> 00:11:46,499 and many religious scholars... 182 00:11:46,582 --> 00:11:48,626 the answer is yes. 183 00:11:49,794 --> 00:11:53,756 But that wasn't the only power the Ark possessed. 184 00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:56,550 For as the Ark could sustain life... 185 00:11:56,634 --> 00:11:59,261 it could also destroy it. 186 00:12:08,979 --> 00:12:11,482 [ Narrator] The Jordan River. 187 00:12:12,817 --> 00:12:14,819 A 200-mile border... 188 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:17,363 separating the present-day kingdom of Jordan... 189 00:12:17,446 --> 00:12:19,824 from Israel and the West Bank. 190 00:12:22,952 --> 00:12:25,079 In 1400 B.C.... 191 00:12:25,162 --> 00:12:28,666 this waterway represented one of the final obstacles... 192 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:31,710 to the wandering Israelites' long-awaited entrance... 193 00:12:31,794 --> 00:12:34,004 into the Promised Land. 194 00:12:35,005 --> 00:12:38,008 [ Downing ] The Ark of the Covenant comes into its own... 195 00:12:38,092 --> 00:12:41,679 when Joshua was given the task of, uh, leading Israel... 196 00:12:41,762 --> 00:12:43,681 across the Jordan River. 197 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:47,351 And the story is that the Ark of the Covenant... 198 00:12:47,435 --> 00:12:51,522 would go first and be carried into the Jordan River. 199 00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:55,192 The water would stop flowing. 200 00:12:57,236 --> 00:13:00,865 Some energy came forth from the Ark... 201 00:13:01,699 --> 00:13:04,618 causing the waters to literally stop... 202 00:13:04,702 --> 00:13:06,495 and ascend... 203 00:13:06,579 --> 00:13:08,664 and therefore creating dry land... 204 00:13:08,747 --> 00:13:12,501 for the entire children of Israel to pass on off into the holy land. 205 00:13:15,379 --> 00:13:18,382 [ Narrator] But if this biblical story is true... 206 00:13:18,466 --> 00:13:21,969 what kind of power could the Ark of the Covenant have possessed... 207 00:13:22,052 --> 00:13:25,556 that would cause a raging river to stand still? 208 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,310 What if the people who wrote these stories... 209 00:13:29,393 --> 00:13:32,146 were simply reporting on what they were actually seeing? 210 00:13:34,064 --> 00:13:36,400 If that's true, then the Ark of the Covenant... 211 00:13:36,484 --> 00:13:38,319 clearly represents a technology... 212 00:13:38,402 --> 00:13:41,739 that is more advanced than anything we have now. 213 00:13:42,781 --> 00:13:44,283 If you want to part water... 214 00:13:44,366 --> 00:13:47,119 maybe a good way to do it would be with high-speed winds. 215 00:13:48,204 --> 00:13:51,165 If you blow enough air, you can get the water out of the way... 216 00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:54,752 and you can actually maybe even form those two walls of water. 217 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:57,630 [ Childress ] There's some kind of technology that they're using... 218 00:13:57,713 --> 00:14:00,466 and it's so that they can accomplish their goals... 219 00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:02,510 and continue on their journey... 220 00:14:02,593 --> 00:14:06,055 and they're able to use this extraterrestrial technology to do it. 221 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:11,393 [ Narrator] According to the Bible's Book of Joshua... 222 00:14:11,477 --> 00:14:15,981 the Ark of the Covenant once again proved a powerful ally... 223 00:14:16,065 --> 00:14:19,860 when the Israelites arrived on the western banks of the Jordan River... 224 00:14:19,944 --> 00:14:25,115 set on conquering the seemingly impenetrable walled city of Jericho. 225 00:14:26,116 --> 00:14:28,577 The reputation of the Israelites preceded them. 226 00:14:28,661 --> 00:14:30,329 People were terrified. 227 00:14:30,412 --> 00:14:33,874 They have heard the rumors of the power of this great and awesome Ark. 228 00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:36,377 They now come to the city of Jericho. 229 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:40,631 The people were commanded by God, march around the city walls. 230 00:14:41,549 --> 00:14:44,134 They march around the city once on the first day. 231 00:14:44,218 --> 00:14:47,137 The next day, they do the very same thing. 232 00:14:47,221 --> 00:14:50,391 The third, fourth, fifth and the sixth day is the same thing. 233 00:14:51,475 --> 00:14:54,228 On the seventh day, they march around... 234 00:14:54,311 --> 00:14:58,691 and then they blow the trumpets and all the people shout. 235 00:15:00,818 --> 00:15:03,571 [ Tzadok ] Between the marching of the feet... 236 00:15:03,654 --> 00:15:07,116 the sounding of the rams' horns, the shofar... 237 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:10,452 and with some power not described from the Ark... 238 00:15:10,536 --> 00:15:14,206 enabled the big, stone mighty walls of the city of Jericho... 239 00:15:14,290 --> 00:15:18,961 to somehow be vibrated with a earthquake-type force... 240 00:15:19,044 --> 00:15:21,297 which caused them to collapse. 241 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:28,470 When I hear that they had to walk around Jericho seven times... 242 00:15:28,554 --> 00:15:31,765 and then the trumpets were the ones... 243 00:15:31,849 --> 00:15:35,185 that allowed for those walls to crumble... 244 00:15:35,269 --> 00:15:39,064 one would have to ask yourselves, "Was there something else to it?" 245 00:15:41,859 --> 00:15:44,528 [ Dennin ] Knocking something down like a wall with pressure... 246 00:15:44,612 --> 00:15:46,614 is not inconceivable. 247 00:15:48,907 --> 00:15:51,285 So you could imagine trying to do this. 248 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:55,080 Now, when you look at things, think of standard examples that we experience. 249 00:15:57,541 --> 00:16:00,794 When the space shuttle lands, we get the sonic boom... 250 00:16:00,878 --> 00:16:04,298 and you can feel it rattling the walls, and you can actually hear it. 251 00:16:05,299 --> 00:16:07,968 That's far away. 252 00:16:08,052 --> 00:16:11,555 Imagine getting a sonic boom closer to the object. 253 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:15,142 You might be able to do significant damage to the wall. 254 00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:23,484 [ Narrator] Could the Israelites actually have witnessed... 255 00:16:23,567 --> 00:16:25,319 an advanced technology... 256 00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:29,156 beyond even our own modern capabilities... 257 00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:32,117 a machine that could instantly part waters... 258 00:16:32,201 --> 00:16:34,703 and bring down stone walls? 259 00:16:35,913 --> 00:16:38,499 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe... 260 00:16:38,582 --> 00:16:41,126 the best evidence that the Ark of the Covenant... 261 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:43,545 may have held alien technology... 262 00:16:43,629 --> 00:16:46,465 can be found by studying events... 263 00:16:46,548 --> 00:16:50,969 that took place 300 years after the sacking of Jericho... 264 00:16:51,053 --> 00:16:53,347 when the Ark was stolen. 265 00:16:55,099 --> 00:16:57,601 According to the Book of Samuel... 266 00:16:57,685 --> 00:17:00,854 when the Israelites went to battle with the mighty Philistine army... 267 00:17:00,938 --> 00:17:03,315 around 1100 B.C.... 268 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:07,194 they brought out the Ark of the Covenant to aid them once again. 269 00:17:08,612 --> 00:17:12,282 But God had not given them instructions to do so. 270 00:17:15,744 --> 00:17:17,413 Angered by their presumption... 271 00:17:17,496 --> 00:17:20,541 that they could use the Ark as a weapon without his orders... 272 00:17:21,291 --> 00:17:23,544 he awarded victory to the Philistines... 273 00:17:23,627 --> 00:17:26,380 who captured it as a trophy. 274 00:17:27,464 --> 00:17:31,218 The Bible records very strange things then started to happen. 275 00:17:32,469 --> 00:17:35,764 Death, sickness broke out amongst the Philistines. 276 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:40,477 Now, in ancient times, they had no understanding of energy... 277 00:17:40,561 --> 00:17:44,648 or what we would maybe consider something similar to a radioactive sickness. 278 00:17:46,525 --> 00:17:49,194 They considered this to be displeasure of the god. 279 00:17:50,112 --> 00:17:54,658 They placed the Ark next to a statue of one of their gods, Dagon. 280 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:58,746 And they leave, and when they come back... 281 00:17:58,829 --> 00:18:01,749 they see that Dagon's head has been decapitated... 282 00:18:01,832 --> 00:18:04,376 and his hands have been taken off. 283 00:18:05,377 --> 00:18:07,463 So they say, "We gotta get rid of this thing." 284 00:18:09,006 --> 00:18:13,594 [ Downing ] And so they loaded the Ark of the Covenant on a cart... 285 00:18:14,303 --> 00:18:16,930 and sent it off in the direction... 286 00:18:17,014 --> 00:18:20,517 of an Israeli village called Beth Shemish. 287 00:18:21,477 --> 00:18:24,271 Then, of course, everyone ran up to look at the Ark. 288 00:18:26,398 --> 00:18:28,901 And as a result, the Bible says... 289 00:18:28,984 --> 00:18:33,071 70 men died when they looked at the Ark. 290 00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:42,790 For those who have been fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark... 291 00:18:42,873 --> 00:18:45,292 and remember the last scene when Indy is shouting... 292 00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:47,544 "Don't look, don't look, don't look"... 293 00:18:49,713 --> 00:18:51,632 that's where that story comes from. 294 00:18:54,468 --> 00:18:58,096 [ Narrator] The Old Testament contains numerous other examples... 295 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:01,058 of the Ark's devastating powers... 296 00:19:01,141 --> 00:19:05,145 and ultimately depicts it as a deadly device... 297 00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:10,067 capable of striking down anyone who does not follow God's rules. 298 00:19:11,068 --> 00:19:13,487 [ Tzadok ] When Aaron, who was the high priest... 299 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:17,324 his two sons approached to give an offering... 300 00:19:17,407 --> 00:19:21,245 it's stated that literally two beams of fire... 301 00:19:21,328 --> 00:19:24,665 came forth from the Ark and went up their nostrils... 302 00:19:24,748 --> 00:19:27,668 and burnt them from the inside... 303 00:19:27,751 --> 00:19:30,504 leaving their entire outsides intact. 304 00:19:33,632 --> 00:19:35,592 [ Narrator] Beams of fire? 305 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:38,512 Burning people from inside? 306 00:19:40,264 --> 00:19:44,434 Why would an instrument of God contain such deadly powers? 307 00:19:46,478 --> 00:19:50,023 If the Ark of the Covenant was truly divine... 308 00:19:50,107 --> 00:19:52,067 why would it strike down two people... 309 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:55,070 who were simply trying to make an offering? 310 00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,074 [ Tsoukalos ] Wherever it showed up... 311 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:01,618 people would all of a sudden die. 312 00:20:02,286 --> 00:20:06,039 In my opinion, it was a storage container... 313 00:20:06,957 --> 00:20:09,960 that housed some type of a nuclear device. 314 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:14,381 And having a nuclear device... 315 00:20:14,464 --> 00:20:19,428 in the hands of a technologically primitive society... 316 00:20:19,511 --> 00:20:23,891 would result in people dying left and right. 317 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:30,397 Naturally, people would refer to that as the wrath of God... 318 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:35,527 when in reality, it's nothing else but the wrath of atomic power. 319 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:45,078 [ Narrator] Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 320 00:20:45,162 --> 00:20:49,625 that the Ark of the Covenant actually contained a nuclear device? 321 00:20:51,001 --> 00:20:54,004 One that was brought to Earth not by God... 322 00:20:54,838 --> 00:20:57,841 but by visitors from another planet? 323 00:20:57,925 --> 00:21:00,010 [ Martell ] It's possible that the Ark of the Covenant... 324 00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:03,263 was some type of super weapon that was being controlled or guided... 325 00:21:03,347 --> 00:21:05,015 from an extraterrestrial. 326 00:21:06,183 --> 00:21:07,851 [ Narrator] Was the Ark of the Covenant... 327 00:21:07,935 --> 00:21:10,979 actually a sophisticated, high-tech device... 328 00:21:11,063 --> 00:21:13,982 that was so advanced that the ancient Israelites... 329 00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:16,443 were unable to control it? 330 00:21:16,526 --> 00:21:18,820 Perhaps. 331 00:21:18,904 --> 00:21:21,448 But of all the Ark's alleged powers... 332 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:24,660 there was one that was the most incredible- 333 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:30,707 its ability to communicate directly with God. 334 00:21:40,050 --> 00:21:41,551 [ Narrator] Petra, Jordan. 335 00:21:43,095 --> 00:21:45,722 At the summit of Jebel Haroun... 336 00:21:45,806 --> 00:21:48,976 a small white dome marks the tomb of Aaron... 337 00:21:49,059 --> 00:21:51,061 the brother of Moses. 338 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:54,189 According to the Hebrew Bible... 339 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:59,194 Aaron was chosen by God to be the first high priest of the Israelites... 340 00:21:59,277 --> 00:22:03,073 a title that came with enormous responsibility. 341 00:22:03,156 --> 00:22:07,661 [ Feinstein ] Aaron, Moses' brother, served as priest of the people. 342 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:11,623 And then following Aaron, the line of the priests followed his genealogy. 343 00:22:12,708 --> 00:22:16,128 They were the ones designated to carry the Ark... 344 00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:20,257 and they were the ones permitted to come close to it in worship. 345 00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:27,389 [ Carter ] The attire of the priests was beautiful... 346 00:22:27,472 --> 00:22:31,018 but it was also there for their protection. 347 00:22:31,977 --> 00:22:34,730 They had to wear a miter. They wore a breastplate. 348 00:22:34,813 --> 00:22:37,024 They had to wear a long robe. 349 00:22:37,107 --> 00:22:40,485 They had to keep certain areas of the body protected- 350 00:22:40,569 --> 00:22:44,531 the head, the lungs, the heart, the genital area. 351 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:50,078 [ Tzadok ] The high priest would have to have these on... 352 00:22:50,162 --> 00:22:52,456 to approach the Ark. 353 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:58,378 And when he approached the Ark, he had to have a rope tied around his leg. 354 00:22:58,462 --> 00:23:00,130 Why? 355 00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:02,632 So if and when something ever went wrong... 356 00:23:02,716 --> 00:23:05,218 and the Ark struck him or he died... 357 00:23:07,137 --> 00:23:10,724 no one would be allowed to go in to retrieve his body... 358 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:13,143 'cause they would suffer the same fate. 359 00:23:17,606 --> 00:23:20,817 [ Feinstein ] On top of the Ark were the figures of two angels. 360 00:23:20,901 --> 00:23:23,236 And it was said in the Bible... 361 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,574 that God's presence came to rest in the tiny space between them. 362 00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:31,286 That was the place where heaven and earth touched. 363 00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:35,499 [ Narrator] The space between the angels on the lid of the Ark... 364 00:23:35,582 --> 00:23:38,085 was known as the Mercy Seat... 365 00:23:38,752 --> 00:23:41,755 upon which the image of God would allegedly sit... 366 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:44,424 when communicating with a Levite priest. 367 00:23:45,926 --> 00:23:48,261 But did the Israelites really witness... 368 00:23:48,345 --> 00:23:51,681 an otherworldly presence between the two angels? 369 00:23:52,682 --> 00:23:56,353 And if so, was it literally the image of God... 370 00:23:56,436 --> 00:23:58,605 or something else? 371 00:24:00,023 --> 00:24:03,443 Based on the numerous accounts of the Ark's awesome power... 372 00:24:03,527 --> 00:24:06,530 some ancient astronaut theorists have proposed... 373 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:09,616 that it may have been an electrical capacitor... 374 00:24:09,699 --> 00:24:13,703 a device used for storing and transmitting energy. 375 00:24:16,331 --> 00:24:20,210 Some of the stories that have come out of history about the Ark of the Covenant- 376 00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:22,629 that it erupted in sparks and flames... 377 00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:24,965 and people would touch it and die instantly... 378 00:24:25,048 --> 00:24:26,800 or that it leveled cities- 379 00:24:26,883 --> 00:24:29,010 And many people have theorized that this is some type... 380 00:24:29,094 --> 00:24:31,138 of actual large energy capacitor. 381 00:24:31,221 --> 00:24:33,723 "Capacitor" is exactly the right word to use. 382 00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:37,477 It relies on static electricity. It's the simplest device. 383 00:24:37,561 --> 00:24:40,480 You just need two conductors with an insulator between them. 384 00:24:40,564 --> 00:24:43,733 You've got the outer gold, a very nice conductor... 385 00:24:43,817 --> 00:24:46,319 and then if you open this up and look to the inside... 386 00:24:46,403 --> 00:24:48,029 you'll see a second electrode. 387 00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:50,490 So what that's gonna look like, okay- 388 00:24:50,574 --> 00:24:53,493 You have the outer side of your Ark. 389 00:24:54,786 --> 00:24:57,330 That's gonna, say, charge positive. 390 00:24:57,414 --> 00:25:00,667 Then you have your inner wall of the Ark coated in gold. 391 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:02,836 And then you have an insulator in between- 392 00:25:02,919 --> 00:25:05,172 That's just the wood you make the Ark out of. 393 00:25:05,255 --> 00:25:08,133 Now what you got to do is get negative charges... 394 00:25:08,216 --> 00:25:10,010 here on the inner side. 395 00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:13,763 And the question is: How do I get my positive and negative charges... 396 00:25:13,847 --> 00:25:15,348 onto my Ark? 397 00:25:15,432 --> 00:25:17,100 This is where the cherubs come in. 398 00:25:17,184 --> 00:25:20,520 You have one sitting on top here that's attached to the outer side. 399 00:25:20,604 --> 00:25:24,065 And you can put charge on it and get your positive charge. 400 00:25:24,149 --> 00:25:26,443 The other cherub is going to be sitting here. 401 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:28,570 It won't be connected to the outer layer... 402 00:25:28,653 --> 00:25:31,698 but it'll come in from a rod and connect to the inner side. 403 00:25:31,781 --> 00:25:34,201 And this is where we'll put our negative charge. 404 00:25:34,284 --> 00:25:36,703 So what that looks like over here at the Ark... 405 00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:40,040 is this cherub will not actually be attached to the outer conductor. 406 00:25:40,123 --> 00:25:41,875 There'll be an insulator there. 407 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:45,212 Then it can have a rod that goes through and attaches to the inner conductor. 408 00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:47,881 Now, the Israelites claimed to have actually been able... 409 00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:51,384 to see the presence of God between the two cherubs... 410 00:25:51,468 --> 00:25:53,220 a representation of God. 411 00:25:53,303 --> 00:25:56,014 Now, if they weren't actually seeing a representation of God... 412 00:25:56,097 --> 00:25:57,849 could this arc of energy have been... 413 00:25:57,933 --> 00:26:01,061 some type of other energy device that they were seeing? 414 00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:03,772 So, when we're thinking about the Israelites seeing the image of God... 415 00:26:03,855 --> 00:26:05,565 between the two cherub wings... 416 00:26:05,649 --> 00:26:07,525 one of the things to keep in mind, I think... 417 00:26:07,609 --> 00:26:09,861 is how the image of God was often described. 418 00:26:09,945 --> 00:26:11,863 We have smoke, fire. 419 00:26:11,947 --> 00:26:15,450 There's very rarely an actual, like, visual picture of a person. 420 00:26:15,533 --> 00:26:18,870 And so if you picture what arcs of electricity will be doing... 421 00:26:18,954 --> 00:26:20,914 there'll probably be a little bit of smoke... 422 00:26:20,997 --> 00:26:23,166 um, there will be the really bright light. 423 00:26:23,250 --> 00:26:24,918 There'll be a crackling noise. 424 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:28,713 That could certainly be something that would be interpreted as an image of God. 425 00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:35,428 [ Narrator] Is it possible that accounts of God's presence atop the Ark... 426 00:26:35,512 --> 00:26:39,015 were actually describing electrical discharge? 427 00:26:41,518 --> 00:26:45,105 And if so, might someone... or something... 428 00:26:45,188 --> 00:26:49,150 have been sending electrical signals through the Ark of the Covenant... 429 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:51,861 to communicate with the Israelites? 430 00:26:53,238 --> 00:26:57,826 Ancient astronaut theorists believe such a notion is not only possible... 431 00:26:57,909 --> 00:27:00,620 but all the more plausible... 432 00:27:00,704 --> 00:27:03,957 given the biblical descriptions of a device known... 433 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,584 as "the breastplate of judgment." 434 00:27:07,544 --> 00:27:09,462 According to the Book of Exodus... 435 00:27:09,546 --> 00:27:13,133 it was worn by the priests when entering the tabernacle... 436 00:27:13,216 --> 00:27:16,177 and was adorned with 12 sacred gemstones... 437 00:27:16,261 --> 00:27:18,805 called "the stones of fire "... 438 00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:22,309 which represented the 12 tribes of Israel. 439 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:29,149 And according to detailed accounts from sacred texts known as the Talmud... 440 00:27:29,232 --> 00:27:31,693 these gemstones played an important role... 441 00:27:31,776 --> 00:27:34,904 when communicating with God through the Ark. 442 00:27:36,323 --> 00:27:39,326 Somehow there would be a pulsating sound... 443 00:27:39,409 --> 00:27:42,620 emanating from on top of the cherubim. 444 00:27:44,331 --> 00:27:47,667 And these pulsating, high-pitched sounds... 445 00:27:47,751 --> 00:27:52,088 would cause a vibration in the stones on his breastplate. 446 00:27:53,214 --> 00:27:56,051 The stones would actually start to light up. 447 00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:06,061 There seems to be a very complex, but very specific code happening here... 448 00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:09,856 that God is communicating through. 449 00:28:11,107 --> 00:28:13,360 It was like some extraterrestrial Morse code... 450 00:28:13,443 --> 00:28:16,321 that was being received from the Ark of the Covenant. 451 00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:23,161 [ Narrator] Jerusalem. 995 B.C. 452 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:30,460 Nearly a century after the Philistines returned the Ark to Judah... 453 00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:33,838 King David transports it to the capital city... 454 00:28:33,922 --> 00:28:37,884 with plans to build an enormous temple in order to house it. 455 00:28:40,845 --> 00:28:44,891 It's Solomon, David's son, who built the temple of Jerusalem... 456 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:48,478 and installed the Ark in the inner sanctum... 457 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:50,563 the Holy of Holies. 458 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:56,611 [ Narrator] Once installed in the temple in 955 B.C.... 459 00:28:56,694 --> 00:28:59,656 the mysterious Ark continued to serve the Israelites... 460 00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:02,200 for another three and a half centuries... 461 00:29:04,369 --> 00:29:06,329 until, suddenly... 462 00:29:07,330 --> 00:29:09,666 it vanishes from history. 463 00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:14,379 Book of Kings describes the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. 464 00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:18,091 Says nothing about the Ark. 465 00:29:18,174 --> 00:29:20,552 It disappears from the literary history... 466 00:29:20,635 --> 00:29:23,721 in the same way that it disappeared from material history. 467 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:27,016 [ Narrator] But what happened to it? 468 00:29:27,851 --> 00:29:30,353 Was it stolen, destroyed? 469 00:29:31,521 --> 00:29:33,731 Or was it deliberately hidden? 470 00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:38,820 There are those who believe they know the answer... 471 00:29:38,903 --> 00:29:42,240 and that not only does the Ark still exist... 472 00:29:42,323 --> 00:29:44,451 but they are confident... 473 00:29:44,534 --> 00:29:46,870 it will return. 474 00:29:56,129 --> 00:29:58,756 [ Narrator] Mount Tsurugi, Japan. 475 00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:03,970 Every year, Shinto worshippers ascend this mountain... 476 00:30:04,053 --> 00:30:06,598 6, 000 miles from the Jewish holy land. 477 00:30:08,224 --> 00:30:11,436 They carry an elaborate, gold-clad chest... 478 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:16,524 that, like the Ark of the Covenant, is believed to contain the spirit of God. 479 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:22,697 Scholars in Japan look at the Old Testament. 480 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:27,827 They also look at the kind of mythical foundational texts of Japan... 481 00:30:27,911 --> 00:30:29,787 like the Kojiki... 482 00:30:29,871 --> 00:30:31,956 and see certain similarities. 483 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,585 And they like to think that these similarities... 484 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:40,006 aren't just coincidences, but actually suggest ancient connections. 485 00:30:40,924 --> 00:30:42,675 Part of this theory... 486 00:30:42,759 --> 00:30:47,013 is that these lost tribes of Israel brought the Ark to Japan... 487 00:30:47,096 --> 00:30:50,850 and it ended up at a sacred peak, Mount Tsurugi... 488 00:30:50,934 --> 00:30:55,605 and it lays hidden in the limestone caves underneath it. 489 00:30:59,943 --> 00:31:03,780 [ Narrator] Could the Ark of the Covenant really be hidden in Japan? 490 00:31:04,989 --> 00:31:07,742 And might this explain why Shinto worshippers... 491 00:31:07,825 --> 00:31:10,703 perform a ritual that's eerily reminiscent... 492 00:31:10,787 --> 00:31:14,791 of the ancient Israelites carrying the Ark through the desert? 493 00:31:17,669 --> 00:31:21,256 One Japanese historian named Takane Masanori... 494 00:31:21,339 --> 00:31:24,050 was so confident that the Ark of the Covenant... 495 00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:26,135 was hidden in Mount Tsurugi... 496 00:31:26,219 --> 00:31:30,932 he actually performed excavations of the mountain in the 1930s. 497 00:31:32,684 --> 00:31:35,603 [ Young ] Excavations were started in 1936... 498 00:31:35,687 --> 00:31:39,399 on the peak, or near the peak, of Mount Tsurugi... 499 00:31:39,482 --> 00:31:42,527 and this research went on for some decades. 500 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:44,737 And then it was all shut down... 501 00:31:44,821 --> 00:31:48,366 and the area is now a national park, so further research is banned... 502 00:31:48,449 --> 00:31:51,619 for environmental reasons, so we won't know. 503 00:31:52,996 --> 00:31:55,957 The Ark of the Covenant has not been found in Japan... 504 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,376 but the legend continues. 505 00:32:01,588 --> 00:32:04,424 [ Narrator] Is it possible that a lost tribe of Israel... 506 00:32:04,507 --> 00:32:08,344 made their way thousands of miles across the Asian continent... 507 00:32:08,428 --> 00:32:10,888 and brought the Ark to Japan? 508 00:32:12,056 --> 00:32:14,767 It is just one theory out of many. 509 00:32:17,061 --> 00:32:19,439 Some biblical scholars suggest... 510 00:32:19,522 --> 00:32:21,441 that Israel's high priests... 511 00:32:21,524 --> 00:32:24,110 anticipating the destruction of the city... 512 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:27,864 stashed the Ark deep in a cave under Jerusalem's Temple Mount... 513 00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:29,866 for protection. 514 00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:35,163 It is also believed that centuries later... 515 00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:37,624 the Ark was discovered in its hiding place... 516 00:32:37,707 --> 00:32:42,045 and was taken away to safety by a group known as the Knights Templar. 517 00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:47,008 [ Phillips ] The Knights Templar were monks... 518 00:32:47,091 --> 00:32:51,304 who were trained to fight as soldiers in the holy land during the Crusade... 519 00:32:51,387 --> 00:32:55,350 from the 1100s up until the 1300s. 520 00:32:57,602 --> 00:32:59,646 They discovered a great treasure. 521 00:32:59,729 --> 00:33:02,482 They, themselves, describe it as a great biblical treasure. 522 00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:06,653 [ Coppens ] There are certainly legends throughout Europe... 523 00:33:06,736 --> 00:33:10,823 and specifically France, of where the Ark of the Covenant ended up. 524 00:33:10,907 --> 00:33:13,951 Some say it was buried beneath Chartres Cathedral in the crypt. 525 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:17,246 Some say it was buried in the Languedoc region near Rennes-le-Château. 526 00:33:18,915 --> 00:33:22,919 And we know that the Nazis excavated in depth in these mountains... 527 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:25,004 looking for the Ark of the Covenant. 528 00:33:26,673 --> 00:33:28,549 [ Narrator] But some believe the Ark's journey... 529 00:33:28,633 --> 00:33:30,593 didn't end in France... 530 00:33:30,677 --> 00:33:34,347 and that, eventually, it was taken even further to the north. 531 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:38,559 [ Bara ] There's been a rumor for years that the Templar treasure... 532 00:33:38,643 --> 00:33:41,562 was actually taken through France by the Templars. 533 00:33:41,646 --> 00:33:45,191 And the story goes that it was then taken to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland... 534 00:33:45,274 --> 00:33:47,276 for safekeeping. 535 00:33:48,361 --> 00:33:50,071 [ Narrator] Could the Ark of the Covenant... 536 00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:53,157 still be hidden somewhere in Rosslyn Chapel? 537 00:33:54,283 --> 00:33:58,413 Or might it have been, as some ancient astronaut theorists suggest... 538 00:33:58,496 --> 00:34:01,207 taken far away to North America... 539 00:34:03,292 --> 00:34:08,256 where it was hidden deep underground and still lies buried? 540 00:34:08,339 --> 00:34:09,924 Perhaps. 541 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:13,845 But there are those who believe that the Ark isn't hidden at all. 542 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,225 They claim its whereabouts have been well-known... 543 00:34:19,308 --> 00:34:22,478 and well-guarded for hundreds of years. 544 00:34:25,732 --> 00:34:27,817 Aksum, Ethiopia. 545 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:30,486 The Church of St. Mary of Zion. 546 00:34:31,571 --> 00:34:35,408 A solitary monk, who is not allowed to leave the grounds... 547 00:34:35,491 --> 00:34:38,995 is charged with guarding the church's holiest relic. 548 00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:43,624 It is a job he has devoted his life to... 549 00:34:43,708 --> 00:34:46,544 and one he will keep until his death. 550 00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:51,048 [ Hancock ] There's a cathedral there... 551 00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:54,093 called the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion. 552 00:34:54,177 --> 00:34:58,097 And I started talking to the monk who guarded the chapel. 553 00:34:58,181 --> 00:35:01,309 And he told me that lying in that chapel... 554 00:35:01,392 --> 00:35:04,520 was the true, the original Ark of the Covenant. 555 00:35:05,521 --> 00:35:08,775 Now, at first, it seemed to me like an incredibly tall story. 556 00:35:08,858 --> 00:35:11,319 But as I began to look into it, I realized... 557 00:35:11,402 --> 00:35:14,197 that there was something to the Ethiopian claim. 558 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:19,118 For example, why was there an ancient Jewish population in Ethiopia? 559 00:35:19,202 --> 00:35:22,955 It was like they were frozen in amber from an earlier time... 560 00:35:23,039 --> 00:35:24,957 and caught in Ethiopia. 561 00:35:25,041 --> 00:35:29,629 And I got to know a succession of three different guardians of the Ark. 562 00:35:29,712 --> 00:35:32,465 Once appointed as guardian, they have a very short life span. 563 00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:34,050 They die very quickly. 564 00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:37,720 And one of them in particular pointed to the issue of his eyes to me... 565 00:35:37,804 --> 00:35:40,515 and the way that the cataracts were creeping over his eyes. 566 00:35:40,598 --> 00:35:42,600 And I said, "What is causing that?" 567 00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:45,812 And he said, "It's the Ark of the Covenant that's causing that." 568 00:35:47,772 --> 00:35:50,191 He said, "The Ark is a thing of fire." 569 00:35:51,526 --> 00:35:54,612 And there was such truth and power in his words... 570 00:35:54,695 --> 00:35:57,073 that I began to feel very strongly... 571 00:35:57,156 --> 00:36:00,326 that the Ethiopians could indeed have this object. 572 00:36:05,248 --> 00:36:10,670 [ Narrator] Could the Ark of the Covenant really reside in a church in Ethiopia... 573 00:36:10,753 --> 00:36:15,591 in a location so publicly known and so modestly protected? 574 00:36:16,634 --> 00:36:19,720 If so, why has there been no proof? 575 00:36:20,429 --> 00:36:22,849 Is it an elaborate hoax? 576 00:36:22,932 --> 00:36:26,102 Or is there perhaps another reason? 577 00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:30,523 And could that reason be based on one of the other audacious theories... 578 00:36:30,606 --> 00:36:32,567 concerning the Ark- 579 00:36:32,650 --> 00:36:35,236 that there are more than one of them? 580 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:41,325 [ Tzadok ] The Torah speaks that there were actually two Arks. 581 00:36:41,409 --> 00:36:44,161 There was one ark, which was built by Moses... 582 00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:47,540 when he first came down from Mount Sinai. 583 00:36:47,623 --> 00:36:50,501 And only later do we find in the Book of Exodus... 584 00:36:50,585 --> 00:36:54,922 was the commandment given for an ark to be built by Bezalel. 585 00:36:55,006 --> 00:36:57,842 That was the ark that stayed in the tabernacle. 586 00:37:00,761 --> 00:37:03,806 [ Narrator] If the Ark really was a technological device... 587 00:37:03,890 --> 00:37:07,351 as ancient astronaut theorists believe... 588 00:37:07,435 --> 00:37:10,271 might there really have been more than one of them? 589 00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:15,192 And if so, might the various myths and legends about the Ark... 590 00:37:15,276 --> 00:37:18,404 and its whereabouts all be plausible? 591 00:37:18,487 --> 00:37:19,989 Perhaps. 592 00:37:20,072 --> 00:37:22,241 But whether there is one Ark or many... 593 00:37:22,325 --> 00:37:25,202 two other important questions remain: 594 00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:27,872 What was the Ark's true purpose? 595 00:37:29,498 --> 00:37:33,336 And what would happen if it ever returned? 596 00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:45,765 [ Narrator] The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. 597 00:37:48,559 --> 00:37:52,563 This Islamic shrine sits atop the Temple Mount... 598 00:37:52,647 --> 00:37:55,274 once the site of King Solomon's temple... 599 00:37:55,358 --> 00:37:59,028 and the last known location of the Ark of the Covenant. 600 00:38:01,697 --> 00:38:05,993 In 1981, a small team of Israeli workmen... 601 00:38:06,077 --> 00:38:09,413 secretly tunneled under this hotly disputed site. 602 00:38:12,124 --> 00:38:13,834 Rabbi Yehuda Getz... 603 00:38:13,918 --> 00:38:16,295 the preeminent rabbi of the Western Wall... 604 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:21,050 supervised the highly prohibited and politically inflammatory excavation. 605 00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:25,638 There was a pretty big problem with this... 606 00:38:25,721 --> 00:38:31,477 because that is the number one sacred site for the Muslims as well... 607 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,688 and these men believed strongly enough... 608 00:38:33,771 --> 00:38:36,524 that the Ark of the Covenant had been located there... 609 00:38:37,233 --> 00:38:39,986 that they were willing to take such great risks... 610 00:38:40,069 --> 00:38:42,905 to try to locate the Ark of the Covenant themselves. 611 00:38:44,073 --> 00:38:47,785 [ Narrator] When Arabs on the Mount heard noises from the cistern below... 612 00:38:47,868 --> 00:38:50,913 they confronted the work crew... 613 00:38:50,997 --> 00:38:54,375 in what became a dramatic subterranean standoff. 614 00:38:55,501 --> 00:38:57,712 Police separated the two sides... 615 00:38:57,795 --> 00:39:00,256 and ordered the tunnel to be resealed. 616 00:39:02,466 --> 00:39:05,261 To his dying day, Rabbi Getz believed... 617 00:39:05,344 --> 00:39:09,849 he was just 40 feet away from finding the original Ark of the Covenant. 618 00:39:11,934 --> 00:39:15,187 But could such an audacious claim be true? 619 00:39:15,271 --> 00:39:17,565 Might the Ark really still be located... 620 00:39:17,648 --> 00:39:20,484 where it was thousands of years ago... 621 00:39:20,568 --> 00:39:23,696 at the site of the Jews' most sacred temple... 622 00:39:23,779 --> 00:39:26,490 one of the holiest places on Earth? 623 00:39:27,950 --> 00:39:33,122 For ancient astronaut theorists, the answer may very well be yes. 624 00:39:34,623 --> 00:39:37,043 And for proof, they point to reports... 625 00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:40,963 of strange sightings over the Mount in recent years. 626 00:39:42,131 --> 00:39:43,883 [ Voices Speaking Foreign Language ] 627 00:39:43,966 --> 00:39:48,596 In 2011, there was a very sensational U.F.O. sighting... 628 00:39:48,679 --> 00:39:51,223 over the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. 629 00:39:52,850 --> 00:39:56,604 [ Tzadok ] Many will call it a fraud. Many will say it was not real. 630 00:39:56,687 --> 00:39:59,065 But it was witnessed that a ball of light... 631 00:39:59,148 --> 00:40:02,193 came down over the Temple Mount- 632 00:40:03,903 --> 00:40:06,363 [ Man Speaking Foreign Language ] 633 00:40:09,575 --> 00:40:11,702 and just hovered there. 634 00:40:13,662 --> 00:40:15,706 And then all of a sudden... 635 00:40:15,790 --> 00:40:18,167 a pulsating light went out from it- poof! 636 00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:19,585 [ Man ] Whoa! 637 00:40:19,668 --> 00:40:21,212 And then it ascended back up. 638 00:40:23,672 --> 00:40:26,550 Some speculate that this U.F.O. sighting... 639 00:40:26,634 --> 00:40:30,096 may have been energizing the Ark of the Covenant... 640 00:40:30,179 --> 00:40:32,515 which is still there in Jerusalem. 641 00:40:37,478 --> 00:40:39,271 [ Narrator] Could it be a mere coincidence... 642 00:40:39,355 --> 00:40:43,067 that the U.F.O. sightings occurred over this particular site? 643 00:40:44,527 --> 00:40:48,280 Or could it be, as some ancient astronaut theorists claim... 644 00:40:48,364 --> 00:40:52,284 merely the first in a series of events concerning the Ark... 645 00:40:52,368 --> 00:40:57,164 that are, in fact, the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy? 646 00:40:58,374 --> 00:41:01,794 [ Tzadok ] There's a very interesting prophecy in the Book of Zechariah... 647 00:41:01,877 --> 00:41:06,465 that states that there's gonna be a tremendous earthquake in Jerusalem. 648 00:41:06,549 --> 00:41:08,717 The Mount of Olives is to split. 649 00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:13,514 It is said that this earthquake is to be caused... 650 00:41:13,597 --> 00:41:17,226 by some type of sonic vibration... 651 00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:19,937 created from under the earth... 652 00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:24,233 and that the powers from under the earth are then gonna arise out of this chasm... 653 00:41:24,316 --> 00:41:26,110 with the Ark. 654 00:41:27,736 --> 00:41:31,240 This is then considered to be "A," the return of the Ark... 655 00:41:32,074 --> 00:41:35,244 and "B," the famous, of course, coming of the Messiah. 656 00:41:37,246 --> 00:41:40,749 All three of the big three religions have prophecies... 657 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:44,628 about the end-time arrival of a messianic figure. 658 00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:48,632 And what we're told is that angels... 659 00:41:48,716 --> 00:41:51,760 will help bring the Ark of the Covenant back to Earth. 660 00:41:53,721 --> 00:41:56,223 [ Narrator] Could the lights seen over the Temple Mount... 661 00:41:56,307 --> 00:42:00,436 indicate that some sort of extraterrestrial reactivation of the Ark... 662 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:02,605 was taking place? 663 00:42:02,688 --> 00:42:08,068 And if so, might we be close to finally rediscovering this ancient relic... 664 00:42:08,152 --> 00:42:11,614 and finding the source of its incredible power? 665 00:42:13,782 --> 00:42:17,536 [ Tsoukalos ] If that device were ever to be found... 666 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:21,207 then that will forever change the course of human history. 667 00:42:22,082 --> 00:42:24,335 Because if we look at our past... 668 00:42:24,418 --> 00:42:28,047 it already has changed the course of human history. 669 00:42:30,132 --> 00:42:34,386 [ Bara ] If the Ark could be found and if it could be retrieved... 670 00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:38,432 the possibility exists that its technology could be understood... 671 00:42:38,515 --> 00:42:41,602 and exploited and possibly even used... 672 00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:44,188 to reconnect with whoever created it. 673 00:42:44,271 --> 00:42:47,066 If they were, in fact, extraterrestrial beings... 674 00:42:47,149 --> 00:42:50,986 then the reality is we might have a direct phone line to the E.T.'s. 675 00:42:51,946 --> 00:42:54,240 We, as a culture, as a species- 676 00:42:54,323 --> 00:42:58,118 we seem to use most of our technology for war. 677 00:42:58,202 --> 00:43:03,207 And so it would be like giving a three-year-old a loaded gun. 678 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,086 We can barely deal with the technology that we have now... 679 00:43:07,169 --> 00:43:09,713 so maybe it's good that, for now, it's hidden. 680 00:43:12,841 --> 00:43:14,760 [ Narrator] Could the Ark of the Covenant... 681 00:43:14,843 --> 00:43:18,430 perhaps the most coveted of the world's lost relics... 682 00:43:18,514 --> 00:43:23,519 really be the ultimate proof of an ancient extraterrestrial encounter? 683 00:43:24,853 --> 00:43:27,147 If so, what was it? 684 00:43:27,856 --> 00:43:30,276 A sophisticated weapon? 685 00:43:30,359 --> 00:43:32,403 A communication device? 686 00:43:33,487 --> 00:43:35,489 A nuclear power source? 687 00:43:36,282 --> 00:43:39,576 Or was it something else entirely? 688 00:43:39,660 --> 00:43:42,121 Something beyond our comprehension? 689 00:43:43,038 --> 00:43:45,082 And if it is found... 690 00:43:45,165 --> 00:43:48,502 will it lead to mankind's destruction... 691 00:43:48,585 --> 00:43:52,131 or to a reunion with our alien ancestors? 692 00:43:53,048 --> 00:43:55,134 One thing is certain- 693 00:43:55,217 --> 00:43:57,553 the search for the Ark will continue. 694 00:43:57,636 --> 00:44:00,931 And there are those who believe it will be found... 695 00:44:01,724 --> 00:44:04,226 much sooner than we think. 62108

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