Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins (2021)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : January 2, 2021
Runtime : 90m
Genre : Documentary, History
Companies : ARTE, Gedeon Programmes, Cinephil, Kan
Countries : France, Israel
Keywords : ark of the covenant, politics, jerusalem, bible, archeological dig, ancient israel, jewish history