The Ark of the Covenant was a chest described in the Bible as containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to the Bible, the Ark had immense significance to the Israelites. However, its whereabouts and fate have been lost to history. There are a few theories about what happened to it: It was destroyed when the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem in 587 BCE. Some believe the Ark was taken from the Temple during this attack and destroyed or melted down. It is hidden somewhere in an underground chamber beneath where the Temple stood. When the Babylonians attacked, some believe the Ark was hidden away in a secret cave or tunnel, the location of which has been lost. Numerous excavations near Temple Mount have searched but not found proof of this theory. It's in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Orthodox church claims the Ark was moved to Ethiopia in the 10th century BCE for safekeeping, first to the island of Tana Kirkos on Lake Tana, then eventually to the St. Mary of Zio...