Eli Escusido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, added, “The discovery of these rings is a testament to Jerusalem’s historical wealth and significance. This is ‘Jerusalem of Gold’ in its ...

First mentioned in the Book of Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant is described as ... Placed in the Tabernacle of the Holy Temple by David’s son, Solomon, it stopped making public appearances.

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Justinian wanted his church to be larger and more ornate than Jerusalem’s Temple of Solomon, the legendary resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, said to have been built in the 10th century BCE.

Set in 1936, the story follows Dr. Indiana Jones, who is recruited by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before ... idol from a booby-trapped temple in South America.

He further developed the concept with screenwriter Philip Kaufman, who proposed the Ark of the Covenant - a legendary ... retrieves a golden idol from a temple laden with traps, only to be double ...