According to the Bible, the fabled Ark of the Covenant was an ancient wooden chest covered with beaten gold and was said to be the centerpiece of ancient Jewish religious life. It was a source of great power – the device through which God spoke to the Israelites! Could a band of refugees wandering in the Sinai desert have had the skill and technology to put such a marvelous piece of workmanship together? And if it did exist, does it still retain the power to defeat armies? Solving this age-old mystery has implications for all of mankind.