1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,800 It is the most highly coveted lost relic in the world. 2 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:06,800 The Ark of the Covenant is, without question, 3 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:08,840 the most significant and powerful artifact 4 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:09,940 in human history. 5 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,340 It was a weapon of extraordinary power. 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,620 It was said to smite the enemies of Israel. 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,960 It was said to bring about disease. 8 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:25,620 It was said to bring down the walls of Jericho. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,360 And it provided direct communication 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,820 with the heavens. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:36,100 It was the only physical manifestation of God on Earth. 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,400 But what happened to the Ark of the Covenant? 13 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,260 There's all sorts of stories. 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,000 Is it buried somewhere? 15 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,140 Was it looted? 16 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,440 Was it stolen? 17 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:49,080 There are those who believe that if the Ark is ever found, 18 00:00:49,180 --> 00:00:53,240 it will provide undeniable proof of extraterrestrial 19 00:00:53,340 --> 00:00:54,480 visitation. 20 00:00:54,580 --> 00:00:58,180 The Ark of the Covenant is the ultimate proof 21 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,080 of the Ark of the Covenant, alien artifact. 22 00:01:02,180 --> 00:01:09,220 There is a doorway in the universe. 23 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:13,560 Beyond it is the promise of truth. 24 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:18,860 It demands we question everything we have ever been taught. 25 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:22,300 The evidence is all around us. 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,400 The future is right before our eyes. 27 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:28,420 We have not alone. 28 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,260 We have never been alone. 29 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Jerusalem, January 28, 2011. 30 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:50,180 It is a quiet winter night inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque 31 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,680 compound, which sits on the Temple Mount, a site considered 32 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:57,980 to be the only place on the ground by Muslims, Christians, 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,040 and Jews. 34 00:02:00,140 --> 00:02:04,340 But at roughly 1 AM in the sky above the dome of the rock, 35 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,680 an extraordinary scene unfolds that is captured on video. 36 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:13,020 This pulsating light, which was witnessed 37 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:20,060 from multiple different sources, descends down, 38 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,260 right on top of the Temple Mount. 39 00:02:23,380 --> 00:02:24,720 A flash. 40 00:02:24,820 --> 00:02:26,220 Yo, Rod. 41 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,020 And then it disappears up into heaven. 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,220 If this is genuine, it's of extreme significance. 43 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,000 It's a site of immense significance 44 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:42,340 to all three of the world's main religions. 45 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,980 They have all, for thousands of years, worshiped there. 46 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,040 It is a site where they believe there 47 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:52,540 are things of great power. 48 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,440 Maybe still hidden. 49 00:02:55,540 --> 00:02:56,440 What happened? 50 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:58,140 What was that? 51 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,640 There are those who interpret and understand this 52 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:05,240 to have been something technological, possibly turning 53 00:03:05,340 --> 00:03:10,920 on or activating something buried beneath. 54 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:14,720 There are many who believe that this pulsating light was 55 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:19,460 connecting with the Ark of the Covenant. 56 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,560 The Ark of the Covenant? 57 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:25,960 The golden chest built to house the 10 Commandments? 58 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:29,460 Could this incredible UFO event have been connected 59 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,160 to one of the most revered and most mysterious religious 60 00:03:33,260 --> 00:03:35,460 artifacts of all time? 61 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,240 Is it possible that the Ark of the Covenant 62 00:03:39,340 --> 00:03:42,340 is still with us to this day? 63 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:43,840 It's possible. 64 00:03:43,940 --> 00:03:45,940 We don't know. 65 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,540 According to the stories of the Hebrew Bible, 66 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,960 the Ark of the Covenant did at one time 67 00:03:51,060 --> 00:03:53,440 reside in this very spot. 68 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:56,400 And there are those who believe it is still hidden somewhere 69 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:58,000 on the site. 70 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:02,440 But this holy relic went missing more than 2,500 years ago, 71 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:06,680 and people have been searching for it ever since. 72 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:09,480 Considered the most sacred and mysterious artifact 73 00:04:09,580 --> 00:04:12,280 in ancient Israel, the Ark of the Covenant 74 00:04:12,380 --> 00:04:16,120 was revered by the Hebrew people as the embodiment of God's 75 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:17,420 presence on Earth. 76 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,240 What was so special about the Ark was that it housed 77 00:04:22,340 --> 00:04:26,400 the history of the Israelites once they left Egypt. 78 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:30,040 It reminded of people who had been slaves in Egypt 79 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:33,740 for millennia that they were not alone, 80 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,280 that this God was constantly with them. 81 00:04:37,380 --> 00:04:42,920 The story of the Ark begins in the 15th century BC. 82 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:45,460 According to the Bible's Book of Exodus, 83 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,020 after the Israelites were released from Egypt, 84 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,140 God summoned Moses to the peak of Mount Sinai 85 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:56,480 and gave him two stone tablets carved with the 10 commandments. 86 00:04:56,580 --> 00:04:58,820 He also gave him specific instructions 87 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,320 for building the Ark of the Covenant. 88 00:05:01,420 --> 00:05:03,920 Moses was given very specific measurements. 89 00:05:04,020 --> 00:05:06,020 It was to be 2 and 1 half cubits long, 90 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,960 1 and 1 half cubits wide, 1 and 1 half cubits deep. 91 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:11,500 So we're looking at a container that was a little over 4 92 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,500 feet long and about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep. 93 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,400 The container must be made of acacia wood, 94 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,760 that it must be covered with gold. 95 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:23,000 The top of the Ark was to be surmounted by angels 96 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:27,600 to cherubim with large wings that would face each other, 97 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:29,980 and their wings would cover the top of the Ark. 98 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:35,320 The Ark was designed to be carried by poles, 99 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:38,380 inserted into four gold rings, two 100 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:39,980 on each side of the container. 101 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,360 It was very important that no one touch the Ark. 102 00:05:43,460 --> 00:05:45,860 It was too powerful, too holy. 103 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:48,260 And a person would die if they touched it. 104 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,860 It was also covered in a very elaborate way 105 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,460 so that pastors by wouldn't look at it. 106 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,260 Such was the power of the Ark of the Covenant, 107 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,760 that it would be dangerous even to look at it. 108 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,840 The lid of the Ark was called the Mercy Seat, 109 00:06:02,940 --> 00:06:05,680 and they were said to be two cherubim on top, 110 00:06:05,780 --> 00:06:08,180 with their wings pointing to each other 111 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,640 with a gap between them. 112 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:12,580 This is actually the gap where Yahweh or God 113 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,280 was supposed to have spoken. 114 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:20,980 In Exodus 25, 22, God tells Moses, when you build this, 115 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,480 I will meet you between the cherubim, 116 00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:26,180 and I will give you commands. 117 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,280 Ancient accounts of the Ark portrayed 118 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:34,800 as possessing mysterious powers that aided the Israelites 119 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:38,160 during their journey to the Promised Land, 120 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:42,400 parting rivers, leveling mountains, 121 00:06:43,020 --> 00:06:45,100 and destroying armies. 122 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,800 But it was also incredibly dangerous to handle. 123 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:50,960 Whatever the Ark of the Covenant was, 124 00:06:51,060 --> 00:06:54,300 the object was definitely very, very dangerous. 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,180 In the second book of the King, you 126 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,440 can read that several accidents happened. 127 00:07:01,540 --> 00:07:04,920 A priest with the name of Usa touched the Ark, 128 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:08,280 and like an electrical shock, he just fell on the ground, 129 00:07:08,380 --> 00:07:10,220 and he was dead. 130 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:15,140 In the Bible, we have multiple stories of people not only dying 131 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,180 when they came in contact with the Ark, 132 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,520 but some didn't die, but only died a week or two later. 133 00:07:22,620 --> 00:07:23,820 And how did they die? 134 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,660 Because they had boils on their skin, 135 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,800 and their hair started to fall out. 136 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:32,560 Well, that is a sign of radioactive poisoning, 137 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:35,300 or radioactive fallout. 138 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,800 The most important thing about trying 139 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:42,000 to understand how the Ark of the Covenant functioned 140 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:46,560 is the fact that specific instructions were given by God 141 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:51,500 to Moses about how it was to be manufactured, 142 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,400 the exact size, how it was to be raised off the ground, 143 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:57,140 how it was to be carried. 144 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,380 So there were specifics here that had to be carried out. 145 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,980 And this tells us, almost certainly, 146 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,680 that we are dealing with technology, 147 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:11,900 a technology that was given either by God or by some kind 148 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:18,380 of entity or being of non-terrestrial origin. 149 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,080 Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 150 00:08:22,180 --> 00:08:24,880 that the baffling powers ascribed to the Ark 151 00:08:24,980 --> 00:08:28,220 provide evidence that it contained highly advanced, 152 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:33,260 and perhaps extraterrestrial technology? 153 00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:37,840 In 957 BC, construction was completed on King Solomon's 154 00:08:37,940 --> 00:08:41,540 Temple in Jerusalem, built on the same site where the Dome 155 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,840 of the Rock stands today, and designed 156 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:48,740 with the primary purpose of housing the Ark of the Covenant. 157 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,280 The Ark would remain here for 350 years 158 00:08:52,380 --> 00:08:56,780 and then disappear from the historical record forever. 159 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:03,060 In 586 BC, the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar 160 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:09,360 sacked and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon. 161 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:11,360 It was said that they carried away 162 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:14,560 to Babylon all of the treasures of the Israelites, 163 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:16,700 the treasures of the Temple. 164 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,740 However, there is no mention in any account 165 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,980 that they took away the Ark of the Covenant. 166 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:27,140 So what happened to the Ark of the Covenant? 167 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:31,220 The first theory is that Jeremiah or King Josiah 168 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,880 took the Ark and hid it away in a cave. 169 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:36,480 There's another piece of speculation 170 00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:38,420 is that the Babylonians just took it, 171 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,920 and they desecrated it. 172 00:09:40,020 --> 00:09:41,520 But if they had done that, people 173 00:09:41,620 --> 00:09:44,060 would have known about it. 174 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,120 The voice of God was heard through the Ark. 175 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:50,000 And for those people that believe the voice of God 176 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:53,000 was extraterrestrial, well, the Ark of the Covenant 177 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:57,600 is the ultimate alien artifact. 178 00:09:57,660 --> 00:10:00,000 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 179 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:03,500 that finding the Ark will result in incredible revelations 180 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,100 about humanity's extraterrestrial past 181 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,300 and could also facilitate direct communication 182 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:16,340 with other worldly entities still watching over Earth today. 183 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,620 But does the Ark still lie hidden at Temple Mount? 184 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,980 Many claim the most compelling evidence 185 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,820 points to the Ark leaving Jerusalem centuries ago. 186 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,720 Spirited away by a band of warrior monks. 187 00:10:36,020 --> 00:10:39,960 July 1099, AT. 188 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:42,460 Muslim-controlled Jerusalem is captured 189 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,960 by medieval Christian forces. 190 00:10:45,060 --> 00:10:47,660 The bloody siege leaves the city ransacked 191 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,540 by the victorious crusaders. 192 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,400 But spared from destruction are two mosques 193 00:10:54,460 --> 00:10:58,400 that have stood on Temple Mount for 400 years. 194 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:03,060 These holy sites were saved to serve another purpose. 195 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,940 The Dome of the Rock is converted into a Catholic church. 196 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,940 And the Al-Aqsa Mosque is given to a newly formed 197 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,380 monastic fighting force, the Order of Solomon's Temple, 198 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:20,120 also known as the Knights Templar. 199 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:22,380 This was a holy order of knights who 200 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:26,000 were interested in the safety of travelers going from Europe 201 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:28,040 to Jerusalem to the temple. 202 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:30,640 And they would guard them. 203 00:11:30,740 --> 00:11:32,780 And they would protect their wealth. 204 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,580 They essentially invented banking as a way 205 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:38,480 to protect travelers from high women. 206 00:11:38,580 --> 00:11:42,260 But protecting pilgrims was not the Templar's only directive 207 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,320 while stationed at Temple Mount. 208 00:11:45,420 --> 00:11:48,100 They were also charged with searching for treasure 209 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,660 and religious artifacts. 210 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,160 The Knights Templars got a commission from the Pope 211 00:11:54,260 --> 00:11:57,680 to actually do excavations at Solomon's Temple. 212 00:11:57,780 --> 00:12:00,220 And the Templars, that is largely what they did 213 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,720 while they were in Jerusalem. 214 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:07,060 The story there goes that the Templars actually discovered 215 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,960 secret chamber beneath the temple. 216 00:12:11,060 --> 00:12:15,300 They claim to have found all sorts of holy relics. 217 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,900 And we know they found certain things 218 00:12:18,740 --> 00:12:21,440 because they became very rich very quickly. 219 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:26,980 But legend said that amongst all these things they found 220 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,480 was the Ark of the Covenant. 221 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,880 On July 4th, 1187, the Knights Templar 222 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:39,560 were forced to leave Jerusalem when Muslim armies retook 223 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:40,420 the holy city. 224 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:45,860 The Templars set sail for Europe. 225 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,060 And it was rumored that they carried with them 226 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,020 the holy relics they had recovered at Temple Mount, 227 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,360 including the Ark of the Covenant. 228 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:58,660 By the end of the 13th century, the Knights Templar 229 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,440 had established a new base of operations in France. 230 00:13:02,540 --> 00:13:06,500 I do believe that the Templars did find the Ark 231 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,280 and successfully transported it to Paris, 232 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:13,480 where they were hailed as heroes for some reason. 233 00:13:13,540 --> 00:13:16,840 Overnight, nobles were trying to join the order. 234 00:13:16,940 --> 00:13:19,140 The King of France was promoting them. 235 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,180 I believe the reason for that is because they succeeded 236 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,920 in their mission to find the Ark, which is why they were there 237 00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:27,320 in the first place. 238 00:13:27,420 --> 00:13:29,480 The Templars used their vast wealth 239 00:13:29,580 --> 00:13:33,220 to finance the construction of Chartres Cathedral, 240 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,260 one of the finest examples of Gothic style architecture 241 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,360 in the world. 242 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:40,400 And it was rumored that the Cathedral 243 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:45,100 had a direct connection to the Ark of the Covenant. 244 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,960 In 1966, in a book called The Mysteries of Chartres 245 00:13:50,060 --> 00:13:53,440 Cathedral, Louis Charpentier claimed 246 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:57,640 that the Templars had indeed found this holy object 247 00:13:57,740 --> 00:14:01,140 and had brought it back to France. 248 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:06,140 And that this had some way inspired the design of Chartres 249 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:12,020 Cathedral, which embodied many principles of sacred geometry, 250 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,680 mathematical ideas that had been brought over 251 00:14:15,780 --> 00:14:20,760 from the Sufi and Islamic peoples of the Holy Land. 252 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:24,500 Sufism included a lot of ideas relating 253 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,060 to sacred architecture. 254 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:32,440 This was how to design the perfect house of God. 255 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:35,000 Some believe that the nice Templar actually 256 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,400 built this breathtaking cathedral to house 257 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:39,440 the Ark of the Covenant. 258 00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:42,740 And they point to one very credible source that claims 259 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:48,320 the Ark was deposited here, the cathedral itself. 260 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:51,280 Carvings on the North Portico depict the Templars 261 00:14:51,380 --> 00:14:55,020 recovering the Ark of the Covenant, then carrying it off, 262 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,520 led by an angel with God hidden overhead in a cloud. 263 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:02,200 Inscribed in Latin text are the words, 264 00:15:02,220 --> 00:15:05,300 here is hidden, the Ark of the Covenant. 265 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,960 There are many legends in France about where the Ark was kept 266 00:15:08,060 --> 00:15:09,100 during the time period. 267 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,900 The Templars were the guardians. 268 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,640 Some say it was in the crypt of Chartres Cathedral. 269 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:15,740 It's likely that the Ark of the Covenant 270 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,740 was moved around to different locations in France 271 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,680 to protect it and to keep it from being discovered. 272 00:15:22,780 --> 00:15:25,680 All who have attempted to find the Ark of the Covenant 273 00:15:25,780 --> 00:15:30,120 at Chartres Cathedral have come up empty handed. 274 00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:33,620 But if the Templars truly were in possession of the Ark, 275 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,180 there is good reason to believe they would have moved it 276 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,420 at least once more to keep its otherworldly powers 277 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,420 from the hands of a dangerous enemy, the King of France, 278 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,460 Philip IV. 279 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,700 The Templars were incredibly rich, 280 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,840 and King Philip was engaged in a series of wars 281 00:15:51,940 --> 00:15:54,100 that were depleting his coffers. 282 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,000 He tried to become their grand master, and they said no. 283 00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:59,440 They refused him. 284 00:15:59,940 --> 00:16:03,540 So he decided to take what they had by force instead. 285 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,940 But they did know he was coming. 286 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,940 It was obviously time to get the Ark out of Paris. 287 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:15,580 On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip of France, 288 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,420 with the backing of Pope Clement V, 289 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,720 ordered the arrest of every Templar in France. 290 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,560 King Philip accused the Templars of heresy, 291 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:31,660 immorality, and worship of a demonic idol. 292 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,060 But ancient astronaut theorists suggest 293 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,460 that based on accounts of the idol, 294 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,200 this may be a case of misunderstood technology. 295 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:43,700 There were rumors that the Templars were in possession 296 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,480 of this horrible looking idol with one glowing red eye 297 00:16:48,580 --> 00:16:51,140 and another eye that's barely blinking. 298 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,180 Of course, a technologically primitive person. 299 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,280 Would not recognize that that is a type of a machine. 300 00:17:00,380 --> 00:17:03,780 But I think this was an extraterrestrial device. 301 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,580 And it was said that they spoke to this demon, 302 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,580 that this demon would speak back to them 303 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,160 and give them instructions. 304 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:14,000 We know from scripture, we know from the Bible itself, 305 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:17,800 that the Ark was built as a communication device. 306 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:20,800 For some researchers, the description 307 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:24,340 of a demonic idol with glowing red eyes that 308 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,000 gave instructions to the knight's Templar 309 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:29,440 brings to mind the biblical accounts of how 310 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:32,440 the Israelite priests communicated with God 311 00:17:32,540 --> 00:17:35,140 through the Ark of the Covenant. 312 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,320 The High Priest was required by biblical law 313 00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:41,560 to wear a special type of a breastplate, which 314 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:44,060 had special types of gemstones on it. 315 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,620 The High Priest could oscillate his voice 316 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,060 to create specific types of sounds. 317 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,960 It would cause these stones to come alive. 318 00:17:57,460 --> 00:18:00,660 The stones on the breastplate would light up. 319 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,160 They would begin to emit rainbow colors. 320 00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:07,200 We have light flashing off of this High Priest 321 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:10,140 as he's firing up the Ark of the Covenant. 322 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,580 And then the Ark had rainbow light coming off of it. 323 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,080 To this day, many researchers believe 324 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:22,180 that the idol the Templars were accused of worshiping 325 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,380 was the Ark of the Covenant. 326 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,080 But if so, what became of it? 327 00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:32,820 Some suggest the world's most sacred religious relic 328 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:38,160 ultimately ended up hidden in a mysterious chapel in Scotland. 329 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,800 Paris, France. 330 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:47,500 March 18, 1314. 331 00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:52,580 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master 332 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,640 of the Knights Templar, is executed by order of King Philip 333 00:18:56,740 --> 00:18:58,520 IV. 334 00:18:58,620 --> 00:19:00,920 But according to historical accounts, 335 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:04,280 he already had a plan in place for the surviving Templars 336 00:19:04,380 --> 00:19:08,200 to make their escape in the event of his capture. 337 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:10,660 Jacques de Molay had an enormous responsibility 338 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,800 to protect the legacy of who the Templars were 339 00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:15,540 and what they stood for. 340 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,140 And part of this legacy was their guardianship 341 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,740 of these holy relics, and specifically 342 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,240 the Ark of the Covenant. 343 00:19:24,340 --> 00:19:28,340 King Philip set out to capture a fleet of 18 Templar ships 344 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,040 that were said to be docked at the Port of La Rochelle 345 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:33,680 on the Atlantic coast of France. 346 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:35,860 But when the King's forces arrived, 347 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,160 there was not a ship in sight. 348 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:43,060 The Knights Templar disappeared, as well as many 349 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,760 of the holy relics that they unquestionably 350 00:19:45,860 --> 00:19:48,960 held in their possession. 351 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:51,720 Vatican records suggest the fleet of ships 352 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:54,660 carried the escaping Templars and their mysterious treasure 353 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,760 to Scotland, where they were welcomed by King Robert 354 00:19:57,860 --> 00:19:59,300 the Bruce. 355 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,860 Like the Knights Templar, Robert the Bruce 356 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,640 had been excommunicated by the Pope. 357 00:20:04,740 --> 00:20:07,740 He was also embroiled in a bitter war of independence 358 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,340 against Edward II of England. 359 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,060 And according to the story, the Templars joined his forces 360 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,000 on the battlefield. 361 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:21,840 There's a wonderful legend of knights in white 362 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:23,940 at the Battle of Danuckburn, defeating, 363 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,540 decimating the English army. 364 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:32,080 The Templar knights had to have been at that battle. 365 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:35,080 The Templars were revered as great warriors, 366 00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:37,420 but some question whether they were aided 367 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:40,500 by a powerful weapon they may have been carrying with them 368 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,800 the Ark of the Covenant. 369 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:47,100 People have asked, could this actually be used as a weapon? 370 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,640 Of course it could be. 371 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:51,900 I mean, can you imagine having that kind of technology? 372 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,040 There's no question that the Ark of the Covenant 373 00:20:54,140 --> 00:20:57,640 radiated a power that could be used for military advantage. 374 00:20:57,740 --> 00:21:00,420 When the Israelites carried it into battle, 375 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:05,920 it assisted them in assuring their victory. 376 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,920 If the Ark was carried before an army, 377 00:21:08,020 --> 00:21:10,260 that army would become invincible. 378 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:13,300 There are stories of the Ark killing scorpions and serpents. 379 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,960 The Ark in many ways was protective. 380 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:19,040 It was protective of the Israelites on their journey. 381 00:21:19,140 --> 00:21:23,000 The Ark of the Covenant would march before the children 382 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:25,500 of Israel as they went through the desert, 383 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:30,120 clearing out anything that was a danger to them. 384 00:21:30,220 --> 00:21:32,980 When you're in the wilderness, you have wild animals. 385 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,780 You have poisonous serpents. 386 00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:38,320 The Ark would prepare the way how it did this. 387 00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:40,380 We still do not know. 388 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:46,020 No one had actual visual awareness or contact 389 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,720 with what was happening. 390 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:50,160 All we have is the mystery of knowing 391 00:21:50,260 --> 00:21:53,700 that it did march miles before the people preparing 392 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,740 the way for them. 393 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,100 In my opinion, the Ark of the Covenant 394 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:06,200 functioned as a capacitor, drawing in electrostatic energies 395 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:10,140 from the environment into its interior, 396 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,980 but that something was then triggering it 397 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:18,180 to radiate out some kind of electromagnetic field, one that 398 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,120 was so strong that it would strike people down who came 399 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:24,120 too close. 400 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:28,620 And I would say that it contained something radioactive. 401 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,920 Is it possible that the Ark of the Covenant 402 00:22:32,020 --> 00:22:34,680 was a radioactive device that could be used 403 00:22:34,780 --> 00:22:36,920 as a devastating weapon? 404 00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:39,760 And could knowledge of the Ark's awesome powers 405 00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:43,060 be a reason that the Knights Templar kept this dangerous 406 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,260 object hidden and away from the hands of their enemies? 407 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,300 Some researchers say that Templar allies, 408 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,700 the powerful Sinclair family, understood the importance 409 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,480 of protecting the Ark and built an elaborate hiding place 410 00:22:57,540 --> 00:23:01,040 for the dangerous object, Roslyn Chapel. 411 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:05,880 Roslyn Chapel is one of the most mysterious holy places 412 00:23:05,980 --> 00:23:08,320 in the whole of Scotland. 413 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:13,960 Many people have likened its design, its cruciform design, 414 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:17,760 to the layout of King Solomon's temple. 415 00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:22,060 And this has raised the question of whether or not 416 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:27,200 the Knights Templar may have brought the Ark of the Covenant 417 00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:33,020 to Scotland and that Roslyn Chapel could have been constructed 418 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,900 as its new resting place. 419 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,500 That chapel contains a crypt deep beneath it. 420 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,140 And many historians believe that the Ark of the Covenant 421 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,840 was kept there for a while. 422 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:48,640 Roslyn Chapel is full of Templar symbolism, 423 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:51,040 including carvings of Templar knights 424 00:23:51,140 --> 00:23:55,180 and a gravestone that belonged to another Templar. 425 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,140 The Templars are inextricable with the legends 426 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,500 of Roslyn Chapel. 427 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,040 Roslyn Chapel is really the symbol of Templar presence 428 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:03,880 in Scotland. 429 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:06,820 While millions of people are convinced that the Knights 430 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,380 Templar recovered the Ark of the Covenant at Temple Mount 431 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,420 and hid it somewhere along their journeys, 432 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:18,060 likely in France or Scotland, there are just as many who 433 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,600 believe that it was taken out of Jerusalem long before the 434 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:23,620 Templars even existed. 435 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,260 And some profess to have seen the Ark and witnessed 436 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:30,600 its ethereal powers with their own eyes 437 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:34,140 in a most unlikely place, Ethiopia. 438 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,320 Aksum, Ethiopia, November, 2020. 439 00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:49,160 Pro-government troops stormed the ancient sacred city, 440 00:24:49,220 --> 00:24:51,480 searching out soldiers aligned with the region's 441 00:24:51,580 --> 00:24:54,620 former ruling party, the TPLF. 442 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,220 It is one episode in a conflict that 443 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,060 has been raging for weeks. 444 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,460 But this time, the soldiers target Aksum's holiest site, 445 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,860 the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. 446 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,400 Incredibly, hundreds of civilians 447 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,500 race to the defense of the church 448 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,440 and prevent the soldiers from gaining access. 449 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:20,500 A staggering 800 are reportedly killed in the process. 450 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,840 But more than the church itself, they 451 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:25,940 were protecting the extraordinary religious artifact that 452 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:31,440 is said to be held inside the Ark of the Covenant. 453 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:34,440 There are many who believe that the Ark is in Aksum. 454 00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:38,500 In fact, it's believed by millions of Orthodox Christians 455 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,700 that the Ark of the Covenant is there. 456 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,740 Although many researchers believe there is strong 457 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,040 evidence that the Knights Templar recovered the Ark of the Covenant 458 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:51,340 during their excavations at Temple Mount, 459 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,840 others say that the Ark had been removed from Jerusalem 460 00:25:54,940 --> 00:25:58,240 centuries before the Templars even arrived. 461 00:25:58,340 --> 00:26:00,240 The main proponents of this theory 462 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:02,780 are the Christians of Ethiopia, who 463 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,820 believe the Ark was brought to Aksum nearly 3,000 years ago, 464 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:12,220 where it has continued to exert its strange powers ever since. 465 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:17,580 One version of the fate of the Ark of the Covenant 466 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,680 is contained within a Ethiopian holy book 467 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,520 known as the Kebra Nagas. 468 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:29,920 It's a story involving King Solomon, who had the Ark, 469 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:33,420 and his meeting with the Queen of Sheba. 470 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,220 And it was said that they had a liaison 471 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,920 and that a son was born to the Queen of Sheba 472 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:45,780 by the name of Menelak, and that eventually Menelak traveled 473 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:51,480 from his homeland of Ethiopia to visit his father, Solomon, 474 00:26:51,580 --> 00:26:54,320 in Israel. 475 00:26:54,420 --> 00:26:57,720 According to the story, when Menelik left Israel, 476 00:26:57,820 --> 00:27:01,420 he and his men secretly took the Ark with them. 477 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,080 The details of their journey back to Ethiopia 478 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:06,880 once again illustrate the otherworldly power 479 00:27:06,980 --> 00:27:08,380 of the Ark of the Covenant. 480 00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:13,080 They first go from Jerusalem to Gaza, 481 00:27:13,180 --> 00:27:15,320 and then from there, they travel into Egypt 482 00:27:15,420 --> 00:27:17,520 with the Ark of the Covenant. 483 00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:19,920 And then the Ark of the Covenant 484 00:27:20,020 --> 00:27:24,060 is made to fly their wagon, and they then 485 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:30,860 fly across the Red Sea to the Saudi Arabian Yemen 486 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,160 side of the Red Sea. 487 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,900 This is all detailed in the Kebra Nagas. 488 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,640 This book is thousands of years old. 489 00:27:36,740 --> 00:27:39,340 It is clearly described that Solomon's son, 490 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,360 were flying with the Ark of the Covenant. 491 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:44,960 They were not on the ground. 492 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:47,600 They were flying over Egypt. 493 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,140 Some temples were destroyed because of the noise 494 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,240 and the crumbling. 495 00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:53,940 They were flying in Kent to Ethiopia. 496 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,280 The Ark of the Covenant was then 497 00:27:56,380 --> 00:28:01,920 put in a special church built for it in Oxum. 498 00:28:02,020 --> 00:28:06,220 One Ethiopian Coptic priest is allowed 499 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:13,480 to live in that special church, and only he is allowed 500 00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:17,620 to view the Ark, and he is essentially, while he lives, 501 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,920 the custodian of the Ark of the Covenant. 502 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:24,860 The guardian of the Ark chooses who will be a successor 503 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,460 when he dies. 504 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,800 The job is both highly coveted and highly dangerous. 505 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:34,800 The guardians, who've been a generation after generation 506 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:37,760 protecting it, have gone blind. 507 00:28:37,860 --> 00:28:39,560 They've had radiation poisoning. 508 00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:40,860 They've got cancer. 509 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,800 So it seems that the Ark may have had radioactive qualities, 510 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:46,800 which actually cause harm to people 511 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:48,800 if you're in the vicinity of it for too long. 512 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:52,100 And this echoes the original stories, 513 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,640 saying it was some all-powerful device. 514 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:58,580 The same description you find in the book of the kings 515 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,720 of the Ethiopians, the Kebra Nagas, 516 00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:03,980 there they say the inside of the Ark 517 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,540 is not from this planet. 518 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,000 Some believe that the ailments suffered by those 519 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,880 said to guard the Ark at the church in Oxum, 520 00:29:11,980 --> 00:29:14,980 provide compelling evidence that they are, in fact, 521 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,980 protecting another worldly technology. 522 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,480 But there is still another, even more audacious theory 523 00:29:22,580 --> 00:29:25,920 regarding what happened to the Ark of the Covenant, 524 00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:30,060 and a man who claims to have found it. 525 00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:41,980 Johannesburg, South Africa, 1985. 526 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,380 British scholar, Tudor Parfit, is giving a lecture 527 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,380 on his academic specialty, the history of ancient Jews 528 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,780 who settled in Africa. 529 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,880 During his lecture, Parfit is intrigued by a group 530 00:29:54,980 --> 00:29:56,480 in the audience. 531 00:29:56,580 --> 00:29:58,980 They're dressed in traditional African garments, 532 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,980 but wearing what look like Jewish skull caps. 533 00:30:03,980 --> 00:30:07,980 They explained that they were the Lemba people, 534 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,880 and that they were Jews. 535 00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:13,680 The story that they told me was rather compelling, 536 00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:17,380 and they invited me to go with them to their villages, 537 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,480 which I did. 538 00:30:19,580 --> 00:30:22,780 I was convinced by what I saw in these little villages 539 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,520 that there was something profoundly 540 00:30:24,620 --> 00:30:26,680 submitting about this group. 541 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,680 Although the Lemba are native to Zimbabwe, 542 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,380 they not only observe Semitic dietary laws 543 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,880 and cultural practices, they claimed to be descendants 544 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:43,380 of Jews who fled the Holy Land thousands of years ago. 545 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:48,680 Jews known in history as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. 546 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:51,580 And according to the Lemba, their ancestors 547 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,080 brought a mysterious object into Africa 548 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:56,480 from the great temple in Jerusalem. 549 00:30:56,580 --> 00:30:59,380 In his book, The Lost Ark of the Covenant, 550 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,080 Parfit recounts the description of the object 551 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,780 called the Ngomolungungu, as a wooden drum used 552 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,580 to store sacred objects. 553 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,880 They would often tell me about the Ngomolungungu, 554 00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:16,480 the drum which thunders. 555 00:31:16,580 --> 00:31:20,480 It's quite similar to the Ark of the Covenant. 556 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:23,580 Like the Ark of the Covenant, there are carrying rings 557 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,180 on each corner. 558 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,180 Like the Ark of the Covenant, it had the reputation 559 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:32,180 of being a murderous weapon that they carried into wall 560 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,280 and it assured victory in combat. 561 00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:45,380 So in lots of ways, the Ngoma seemed to be very similar 562 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,080 to the idea of the Ark of the Covenant. 563 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:50,380 Not only is the sacred object that's lost, 564 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,580 it's a sacred wooden object that's carved, 565 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,380 that has rings on it, that poles are put through 566 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:57,580 to transport it. 567 00:31:57,580 --> 00:32:01,780 Let's look at the Ark of War as it's known in Deuteronomy 568 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:07,180 and let's think about this Ngoma, this drum that thunders. 569 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,380 This idea that this drum speaks with the voice of God. 570 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,580 The Ark of the Covenant is the presence of God. 571 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:19,280 Could they in fact be one of the same object? 572 00:32:19,380 --> 00:32:22,980 According to the lemba, the Ngomolungungungu had been kept 573 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,280 in a cave for centuries before mysteriously disappearing. 574 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,580 But could the powerful object they described 575 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,680 have really been the lost Ark of the Covenant 576 00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:37,380 and were the lemba truly the descendants 577 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:38,980 of the ancient Israelites? 578 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:46,880 In 1997, thanks to advances in DNA technology, 579 00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:49,880 Tutor Parfit and a group of British scientists 580 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:53,280 are able to identify a specific genetic signature 581 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:55,780 for descendants of ancient Israelite priests 582 00:32:55,780 --> 00:32:59,980 called Koenim, who were entrusted by Moses' brother Aaron 583 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,080 with the full knowledge of the Ark of the Covenant's hidden 584 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:04,980 powers. 585 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,480 We know that it was the descendants of Aaron 586 00:33:07,580 --> 00:33:10,980 who were responsible for caretaking and operating 587 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,980 the Ark of the Covenant. 588 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,980 Recently, geneticists have discovered 589 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,480 that that lineage continues up into the modern day. 590 00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:21,880 Now, if the Ark of the Covenant were brought into our world 591 00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:24,480 today, it would make sense that we would need 592 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:30,480 the descendants of Aaron to once again operate the Ark. 593 00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:33,480 To Parfit's astonishment, when members of the lemba 594 00:33:33,580 --> 00:33:36,380 undergo DNA testing, they are found 595 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,680 to have the genetic signature of the Koenim 596 00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:42,180 called the Koenmodalhaplotype. 597 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,980 We were looking for the Koenmodalhaplotype among the lemba 598 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,480 and we found the lemba to be relatively rich 599 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,180 in the Koenmodalhaplotype. 600 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:02,180 Once it seemed that the priestly tribe of the lemba 601 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,280 was the same as the priestly tribe of the Jews, 602 00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:08,980 then the question of the ngom became very much more 603 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,180 interesting to me. 604 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,880 Parfit spent much of the next decade traveling across Africa 605 00:34:15,980 --> 00:34:19,180 and the Middle East, following every lead in search 606 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,880 of the ngomolungundu. 607 00:34:22,380 --> 00:34:26,580 In 2007, he was ready to give up the search 608 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,280 but decided to follow one last lead to a small museum 609 00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:34,380 in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. 610 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:39,080 He goes to the museum and he goes into one of the storerooms 611 00:34:39,180 --> 00:34:41,280 and it's almost straight out of the movie. 612 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:43,680 I looked around the various places 613 00:34:43,780 --> 00:34:46,480 where things might have been deposited 614 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:50,280 and to my considerable surprise, I found it. 615 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,080 It's an old piece of wood. 616 00:34:54,180 --> 00:34:57,280 But he's amazed because one of the first things he notices 617 00:34:57,380 --> 00:34:58,880 is the scorch marks. 618 00:34:58,980 --> 00:35:02,680 It's been burned exactly like the story that says, 619 00:35:02,780 --> 00:35:04,880 oh, at a particular point in history, 620 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,980 there was a fire that came out of this 621 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,480 that actually killed the people who were standing beside this. 622 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:14,580 Critics complained that the crude wooden object 623 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,180 did not resemble the biblical descriptions of the ark. 624 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,780 But Parfit points out that according to lemba tradition, 625 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,780 the original wooden box was destroyed in a fiery explosion 626 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,480 and this smaller object was reconstructed 627 00:35:28,580 --> 00:35:32,180 from a piece of the original artifact. 628 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:36,380 One could imagine that there have been a succession of arcs 629 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:42,580 which had been used, got worn out, and were rebuilt 630 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,280 and which finally led to the ark, 631 00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:51,780 which today is to be found in a small museum in Harare. 632 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,280 It's this amazing story because here's Tudor Parfit, 633 00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:58,780 this great respected academic who has now announced 634 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,780 that he has discovered the Ark of the Covenant. 635 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:07,280 That makes international news and there's great debate. 636 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:11,280 If one is to think that the ark exists anywhere, 637 00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:12,780 why not in Africa? 638 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,780 It makes a lot more sense in many other places 639 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,780 where it has been imagined to be. 640 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,280 The lemba were very straightforward about their arc. 641 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,680 They said, at a certain point it was destroyed. 642 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:25,180 We made another one. 643 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:30,180 But what I do think is that this object is probably 644 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:35,180 the closest thing that has ever been found 645 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,680 to the original Ark of the Covenant. 646 00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:42,680 Is it possible that an ancient wooden object 647 00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:45,180 on display in a museum in Zimbabwe 648 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,180 represents the last remnants of the Ark of the Covenant? 649 00:36:49,180 --> 00:36:53,080 Some researchers believe the otherworldly technology 650 00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:56,080 that the scorched wooden vessel is alleged to have held 651 00:36:56,180 --> 00:37:00,080 still exists and it will soon be found, 652 00:37:00,180 --> 00:37:05,080 not in Africa but back in its rightful home on Temple Mount. 653 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,080 Mount Scopus, Israel. 654 00:37:14,180 --> 00:37:19,080 Here in northeastern Jerusalem lie 9,000 tons of soil 655 00:37:19,180 --> 00:37:23,080 illegally excavated and removed from Temple Mount in 1999 656 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:26,080 by the Islamic Religious Trust. 657 00:37:26,180 --> 00:37:31,080 Excavations are not permitted on the sacred space of Temple Mount. 658 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:34,080 But because this soil has already been removed, 659 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:38,080 both experts and volunteers have been able to sip through it. 660 00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:42,080 And incredibly, it has produced hundreds of thousands 661 00:37:42,180 --> 00:37:44,080 of ancient artifacts. 662 00:37:44,180 --> 00:37:48,080 Might clues pointing to the existence of the Ark of the Covenant 663 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,980 and perhaps its location be found in the soil from Temple Mount. 664 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,980 In modern day Israel, 665 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,980 many have tried to go under Temple Mount 666 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,980 and it is well known that there are secret catacombs 667 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,980 and that there are passageways that have been blocked off 668 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,980 which lead to many, many secrets. 669 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,980 What is down there, who can say? 670 00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:18,880 Temple Mount is a site where many people believe 671 00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:23,880 there are things of great power, maybe still hidden. 672 00:38:23,980 --> 00:38:27,880 It's a site of immense significance 673 00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:32,880 to all three of the world's main religions. 674 00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:36,880 The importance of Temple Mount is really interesting. 675 00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:41,880 For Jews, when Isaac is offered up for sacrifice by Abraham, 676 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,780 this happens on the Temple Mount. 677 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,780 It then gets connected to the Christian tradition that comes later. 678 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,780 For Muslims, this spot is important 679 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,780 because this is where the Prophet Muhammad sends up to heaven. 680 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,780 There very much is this idea that there's a holiness in this spot. 681 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,780 Observing Jews aren't even supposed to walk on the area of the Temple Mount 682 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,780 because the space is so powerful. 683 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:12,680 The idea is that the presence of God is here. 684 00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:16,680 Interestingly, this is the actual site where in 2011 685 00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:22,680 there were multiple reports of strange lights seen above Jerusalem. 686 00:39:22,780 --> 00:39:24,680 Oh, God! 687 00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:27,680 If the event recorded on video over Temple Mount 688 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:33,680 on January 28th, 2011, was in fact related to the Ark of the Covenant 689 00:39:33,780 --> 00:39:36,680 as some ancient astronaut theorists suspect, 690 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,580 could it be evidence that the Ark still resides there? 691 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:44,580 Many people think it was fake, but we have too many witnesses 692 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:48,580 and too many sources that can prove that this actually happened. 693 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:53,580 It gives us to speculate that indeed the Ark 694 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:59,580 was sending and receiving signals from some actual tangible place 695 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:04,580 from which we will have contact in time to come. 696 00:40:05,580 --> 00:40:09,480 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 697 00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:12,480 whether the Ark of the Covenant lies beneath Temple Mount 698 00:40:12,580 --> 00:40:17,480 or is hidden thousands of miles away, one thing is certain. 699 00:40:17,580 --> 00:40:23,480 It remains the world's most important lost relic. 700 00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:27,480 I think it's very possible that the Ark of the Covenant does still exist 701 00:40:27,580 --> 00:40:34,480 and I feel that it's likely that at least some people actually know where it is. 702 00:40:34,580 --> 00:40:41,480 The Ark of the Covenant is one of the greatest pieces in the ancient astronaut theory 703 00:40:41,580 --> 00:40:47,480 because it was an actual physical object that had a connection 704 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:50,480 to the so-called celestial realm. 705 00:40:50,580 --> 00:40:57,480 So, I mean, the Ark of the Covenant is one of the most enduring ancient mysteries of all time. 706 00:40:58,580 --> 00:41:03,480 The Ark holds the promise that it will bring a new revelation with it. 707 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,380 It could completely transform our civilization. 708 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:11,380 This is the potential power with the Ark of the Covenant. 709 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:18,380 The Ark might actually be the proof that we have been seeking throughout human history 710 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:27,380 of our forgotten past and our greater potential of contact with the greater universal world. 711 00:41:27,380 --> 00:41:35,280 It's indeed, if we could have the Ark and operate it and make contact, 712 00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:40,280 who would we be talking to? What would we be opening up? 713 00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:44,280 Could an otherworldly device of unfathomable power 714 00:41:44,380 --> 00:41:52,280 that our ancestors encountered thousands of years ago still exist somewhere on Earth today? 715 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,180 Perhaps the Ark of the Covenant will soon be revealed to humanity once again. 716 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:06,180 And within this sacred box, we will find the undeniable proof of our celestial origins.