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Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins

Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins (2021)

1h 30m | PG-13

⭐ 8.3 / 10

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.

Director: Thierry Ragobert

Studio: ARTE

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Anne Cardona

Anne Cardona

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Israël Filkenstein

Israël Filkenstein

as Self - Archeologist

Thomas Römer

Thomas Römer

as Self - Biblist

Matthew J. Adams

Matthew J. Adams

as Self - Archeologist

Christophe Nicolle

Christophe Nicolle

as Self - Archeologist

Amotz Agnon

Amotz Agnon

as Self - Geophysicist