Ark of the Covenant: The Bible’s Origins

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Thierry RagobertDirector
• Thierry RagobertWriter
• Charles SchlumbergerOriginal Music Composer
• Michel AbescatWriter

Cast

• Anne CardonaSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Israël FilkensteinSelf - Archeologist
• Thomas RömerSelf - Biblist
• Matthew J. AdamsSelf - Archeologist
• Christophe NicolleSelf - Archeologist
• Amotz AgnonSelf - Geophysicist
• Yaniv DarvasiSelf - Geophysicist
• Marie de l'ArcheSelf - Nun
• Margaret CohenSelf - Archeologist
• Naomi PoratSelf - Geologist
• Tatiana MeltsenSelf - Draftswoman
• Noam MizrahiSelf - Researcher

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