First mentioned in the Book of Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant is described as a “two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high” box made from acacia wood.

A replica of the Ark of the Covenant, painstakingly constructed, its creators say, to the Torah specifications of the sacred vessel that was the First Temple’s central fixture, was displayed in ...

"I think it's great to have stories like [that of] the Ark of the Covenant. But I do not believe, as a field archaeologist, that we can use the scientific method to prove or disprove [them]." This ...