very nice to see you in this beautiful, beautiful spot. we met an ethiopian orthodox priest named abasamuel, who surprisingly told us that he knows exactly where the ark is. his evidence goes back to that affair between king solomon and the queen of sheba. queen of sheba s son with king solomon. yes. took the ark of the covenant, moses commandments. yes. and so where do you think they are? city of axum. in your country of ethiopia. yes. do you think it s there really? yes. he s positive it s inside this chapel in the heart of axum in ethiopia. although he s never seen it and no one s allowed inside. except for one monk known as the guardian, who s entrusted with the lifelong duty of safeguarding the ark. scholars do believe there is an ark inside but that it s only a replica from the middle ages.
ark inside but that it s only a replica from the middle ages. and down in the caves below jerusalem we consider another possibility. the ark never left but was instead hidden away in this underground labyrinth. so you think it remained in jerusalem. yes. we know from the bible another thing. one of the kings put it somewhere in the tunnels. a tunnel like this? nobody knows. is there any evidence of this no evidence. no evidence at all. only many stories around. reporter: if only these walls could speak. they do, however, appear almost to weep. and their tears are said to tell a powerful story about the destruction of jerusalem. the name of this corner is tzedakiah s tears. tears of the king. the tears of the king. tzedakiah was the last king of judea. tears for the destruction of the temple. the nation. this was the end of the first
entrusted with guarding the ark. scholars do believe there is an ark inside, but that it s only a replica for the middle ages. and down in the caves blow jerusalem, we consider another possibility. the ark never left but was instead hidden away in this undergrowth labyrinth. so you think it remained in jerusalem? yes. one thing we know is that one of the kings put it somewhere in the tunnels. a tunnel like this? nobody knows. is there any evidence of this ark? no evidence at all. only many stories around. if only these walls could speak. they do, however, appear almost to weep. and their tears are said to tell a powerful story about the destruction of jerusalem. the name of this corner is the tears of the king. he was the last king of the tears. tears for the destruction of
king solomon. yes. took the ark of the covenant, moses s commandments. yes. and so where do you think they are? city of axum. in your country of ethiopia. yes. do you think it s there really? yes. reporter: he s positive it s inside this chapel in the heart of axum in ethiopia. although he s never seen it and no one s allowed inside. except for one monk known as the guardian, who s entrusted with the lifelong duty of safeguarding the ark. scholars do believe there is an ark inside but that it s only a replica from the middle ages. and down in the caves below jerusalem we consider another possibility. the ark never left but was instead hidden away in this underground labyrinth. so you think it remained in jerusalem. yes. we know from the bible another thing. one of the kings put it somewhere in the tunnels. a tunnel like this?
queen of sheba s son with king solomon took the ark of the covenant, moses commandments. where do you think they are? city of axim. in your country of ethiopia? yes. do you think it s there really? yes. he s positive it s inside this chapel in the heart of axim. even though he s never seen it and no one is allowed inside. except for one monk who is entrusted with guarding the ark. scholars do believe there is an ark inside, but that it s only a replica for the middle agings. and down in the caves blow jerusalem, we consider another possibility. the ark never left but was hidden away in this undergrowth labyrinth. one of the kings put it somewhere in the tunnels.