
The Bible says that the Commandments were preserved by the Israelites in a wooden chest covered with gold. ( Public domain ) Possible Locations of the Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant passing over Jordan, by James Tissot. In the 1980s, one man claimed to have not only found the Ark of the Covenant, but to have seen it with his own eyes. While age-old lore cautions that gazing upon this hallowed relic exacts tremendous consequences, there are many theories as to its whereabouts. One of the greatest mysteries for believers of the Judeo-Christian religions is the present location of the Ark of the Covenant, a chest said to contain the two stone tablets of the original Ten Commandments.
