King Solomon's Treasures Revealed: Newly Translated Hebrew Text Lists Legendary Riches - Including the Ark of the Covenant

By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
PUBLISHED: 16:41 GMT, 9 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:42 GMT, 10 January 2014

A real life Indiana Jones has uncovered details about King Solomon’s riches in a newly translated Hebrew text.

But treasure hunters may have to wait a bit longer as, unlike the film ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ details about the exact location of these treasures are unclear.
Rather than a guide to lost treasure, the newly translated ‘Treatise of the Vessels’ was a legendary story written in Biblical times that was meant to entertain.

The text, translated by Professor James Davila from St Andrews University, suggests the artefacts from King Solomon’s temple were tucked away in various places throughout the Middle East.
It lists a number of treasures including the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, musical instruments made of gold, ornaments from the Garden of Eden and various precious religious stones.

Indiana Jones, right, carries away the glistening Ark of the Covenant in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark by Steven Spielberg

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