the ark of the covenant is the splendid golden container that holds the scrolls which contain the laws of moses and which are carried by the israelites throughout their wanderings in the desert. it had two cherubim, who were thought to stand in the presence of god, mounted on it. and between those cherubim was this empty space. and the empty space was the presence of god. david has this giant ceremony, and he marches the ark of the covenant up the hill and into jerusalem. david wants this big show to show the people that they re no longer a nomadic people. the problem with it is before he moved the ark of the covenant to jerusalem, god lived with his people.
any one of you is able to get in, penetrate the defenses, then i will make you captain of the army. they knew about this water shaft that went inside the city of jerusalem. and his general, joab, sneaked up the water shaft and then threw open the gates, and they were able to go in and conquer the city. now, david wants to make sure that everyone understands that jerusalem is not just the political capital of israel, but it s the religious capital of his kingdom as well. and so what david does is he brings the ark of the covenant to jerusalem.
For 157 years, archaeologists, religious scholars, anthropologist, politicians, scientists, and historians everyone except Native Americans have tried to prove that the two stones and one small cup David Wyrick found in a burial mound in Ohio, were forgeries.
until it coats like richest chocolate. absolutely the lost ark of the covenant of cuisine ancienne. everything great about cooking is encapsulated in this dish. daniel: we ll continue all over the world to make cuisine of paul, many generation to come. anthony: forever. i will never eat like this again in my life. chef, merci. [ paul speaking french ] anthony: the meal of my life. today i was treated to the greatest hits of a glorious and fabled career. for the first and probably the last time, i sat next to the great man himself, and daniel and i were served a menu that chefs will look back on in a hundred years and smile at appreciatively, sentimentally, respectfully.
Sadly, the much-loved Indiana Jones movies don’t represent the average day at work for most archaeologists, but there is more truth to Indy’s swashbuckling adventures than you may think. Crystal skulls do exist, the Nazis really were (very) keen on archaeology, and the world’s museums are full of artefacts taken from unsuspecting tribal peoples. Here are some of the more surprising things the films got right.