HAS THE REAL ARK OF THE COVENANT BEEN DISCOVERED? I DOUBT IT VERY MUCH!

 Biblical home of the Ark of the Covenant is 'discovered' in a 3,000-year-old temple in Israel that archaeologists believe was 'intentionally desecrated' with animal DUNG by the Philistines

• Beth Shemesh is a town situated 12 miles to the west of Jerusalem in modern-day Israel
• A temple found just outside the settlement was uncovered with a large flat stone in the centre  
• Archaeologists think this could be the 'large stone' mentioned in the bible that supported the Ark 
• Temple is thought to have been destroyed and desecrated by nearby Philistines and turned into an animal pen

• Religious archaeologists in Israel claim they have discovered the stone on which Ark of Covenant once sat.

  The biblical claim was made by researchers from Tel Aviv University who found a 3,100-year-old temple near the modern-day town of Beit Shemesh.

  Religious teachings claim that the Ark contained the Ten Commandments received by Moses on Mount Sinai.  

• They also preach that the Ark rested on a square table and this latest find is being hailed as merging biblical teachings with archaeological evidence. 

  Archaeologists say it is strikingly similar to the mythical 'large stone' described in the First Book of Samuel.

  It was used to hold up the Ark after it arrived at Beth Shemesh when it had returned to Israeli hands from the Philistines.

  Excavations of the 12th century BC temple reveal it was subsequently plundered and 'intentionally desecrated' by the nearby Philistines who turned it into an animal pen.

  The Ark of the Covenant has been sought for centuries by archaeologists, a search made famous by the fictional 1981 Steven Spielberg film Raiders of the Lost Ark.  

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