search of it. one famous story suggests the ark was taken from jerusalem to egypt, hundreds of years before the babylonian siege began. >> that's where indiana jones goes and looks for it. we're told that sheshaq of the bible, an egyptian pharaoh, that he may have attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon. >> yes. around about 980 b.c. >> and there is one theory that he took away the ark of the covenant. this is where we get the indiana jones theory. >> he may have taken the ark back to the city of tanis. >> reporter: archaeologists find the evidence of that underwhelming and believe the ark is no more likely to be buried in the sands of tanis than locked away in a government warehouse. >> bureaucratic -- >> what did they say? >> they don't know what they've got there. >> reporter: strangely enough, our search for the ark also brought us back to jerusalem, to