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Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins
Overview
In Israel, a joint French-Israeli scientific mission is set to unearth the secrets of the hill of Kiryath-Jearim (or Kiryat Ya’arim), converted to the site of a Catholic convent, where, according to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was kept for at least twenty years before being brought to Jerusalem by King David, father of King Solomon, who would eventually build the Holy of Holies inside the First Temple to house it.
Director and cast
- Anne Cardona as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Israël Filkenstein as Self - Archeologist
- Thomas Römer as Self - Biblist
- Matthew J. Adams as Self - Archeologist
- Christophe Nicolle as Self - Archeologist
- Amotz Agnon as Self - Geophysicist
- Yaniv Darvasi as Self - Geophysicist
- Marie de l'Arche as Self - Nun
- Margaret Cohen as Self - Archeologist
- Naomi Porat as Self - Geologist
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