discovered by accident in the 19th century when an archaeologist was walking his dog, this massive network of caves and tunnels is known as solomon s quarries. is this a natural cave? no, not at all. reporter: the quarry once provided building materials for some of the greatest construction projects in the city. so what is this great big gaping hole here? actually, what you see here is the shape of cut of a big stone that used it in the second temple. we can see today in the western wall. reporter: the secretive freemasons even believe the stones mined here were used to build something much older. they say king solomon, the first builder, actually king solomon is the founding founding father. of the freemasons. the freemasons believe that they even took from this quarry stones to solomon s temple. reporter: and that temple of course was the last known resting place for the mysterious
caves and tunnels is known as solomon s quarries. is this a natural cave? no, not at all. reporter: the quarry once provided building materials for some of the greatest construction projects in the city. so what is this great big gaping hole here? actually, what you see here is the shape of cut of a big stone that used it in the second temple. we can see today in the western wall. reporter: the secretive freemasons even believe the stones mined here were used to build something much older. they say king solomon, the first builder, actually king solomon is the founding founding father. of the freemasons. the freemasons believe that they even took from this quarry stones to solomon s temple. reporter: and that temple of course was the last known resting place for the mysterious ark of the covenant.
19th century when an archaeologist was walking his dog, this massive network of caves and tunnels is known as solomon s quarries. is this a natural cave? no, not at all. reporter: the quarry once provided building materials for some of the greatest construction projects in the city. so what is this great big gaping hole here? actually, what you see here is the shape of cut of a big stone that used it in the second temple. we can see today in the western wall. reporter: the secretive freemasons even believe the stones mined here were used to build something much older. they say king solomon, the first builder, actually king solomon is the founding founding father. of the freemasons. the freemasons believe that they even took from this quarry stones to solomon s temple. reporter: and that temple of course was the last known resting place for the mysterious ark of the covenant.
stone that used it in the second temple. we can see today in the western wall. reporter: the secretive freemasons even believe the stones mined here were used to build something much older. they say king solomon, the first builder, actually king solomon is the founding founding father. of the freemasons. the freemasons believe that they even took from this quarry stones to solomon s temple. reporter: and that temple of course was the last known resting place for the mysterious ark of the covenant. the 10th century b.c. is the last time anybody really sees it according to the biblical tradition. now, there are other stories. and these all are related to the babb lonian destruction of the city in 536 b.c., that maybe somebody spirited the ark out of the city just ahead of the