The ark of the covenant, the sacred container described as the holder of the tablets of the law that God gave to moses has been identified. It is In Ethopia, the property of St Mary's church of Zion, where it has been hidden for safekeeping for a millenia. The partiarch of the Orthodox church of Ethopia, has gone to the vatican to announce that the Ark will be presented for public viewing. Indiana Jones, eat your heart out. The actual ark has been kept in one church, but to protect it's identity, a copy has been placed in every church in ethopia. A special museum is being built to house the Ark and provide viewing. this is quite a historic event, and brings to a close the numerous searches that have been ongoing for years. the vatican has not yet made any statement but I would think they would want the ark to have it's final resting place in rome. This is an amazing and welcome announcement to christians and jews world wide.