tonight, an amazing journey around the world and across the centuries, in search of david and goliath. >> the slingshot was in fact a bazooka. >> the lost ark of the covenant. >> the ark became a weapon of mass destruction. >> the real armageddon. >> we are in the end times. >> as we investigate the mystery behind the stories of the bible. if these stones could talk, what would they tell us? and can a war correspondent who has seen all that tears us apart? >> christiane amanpour in israel -- >> discover what it is that can bring us together. "back to the beginning with christiane amanpour" continues. >> reporter: driving through the region known today as the west bank, the heart of canaan in