one famous story suggests the ark was taken from jerusalem to egypt hundreds of years before the babylonian siege began. >> that's where indiana jones goes and looks for it. we're told that an egyptian pharaoh, he may of attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon. >> around 918 b.c. >> and there is one theory he took away the ark of the covenant. this is where we get the indiana jones theory. >> they may have taken it to the city of tanis. >> and believe the ark is no more likely to be buried in the sands of tanis than locked away in a government warehouse. >> bureaucratic. >> what did they say? >> they don't know what they've got there. >> strangely enough, our search for the ark also brought us back to jerusalem.