Ancient CivilizationsArk of the Covenant mystery blown wide open as ‘biblical relic’ is discovered Posted on August 13, 2025 by Administrator Archaeologists have uncovered ruins in Israel they believe once housed the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred, gold-covered chest described in the Bible. According to scripture, Moses placed the Ten Commandments inside the Ark, which was kept in the Tabernacle, a sanctuary built shortly after the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt, traditionally dated by some scholars to around 1445 BC. While the fate of the Ark remains a mystery, it vanishes from the biblical record before the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC.