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The Ark of the Covenant refers to the box-like container that held the tablets of the Law received by Moses on Mount Sinai. Tradition claimed that it contained two stone tablets, carved by God, listing the first ten commandments given to...

Noah’s Ark is the boat that saved a generation of humans and animals when the God of Israel decided to destroy the human race by sending a great flood upon the earth. The story shares many elements with ancient, neighboring civilizations...

Noah is considered one of the patriarchs in the Jewish Scriptures or one of the founding fathers of what became the religion of Judaism. His story begins in Genesis 6 and consists of three elements: the evil of the earth; the flood narrative...

Steven Spielberg's artistic impression of the Ark of the Covenant from the film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Photographed at the "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology" exhibit at the National Geographic Museum...

A life-size model of what Noah's Ark may have looked like. From the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky, USA.

Mount Ararat (Armenian: Masis; Turkish: Ağrı Dağı; Kurdish: Çiyaye Agiri; Azeri: Ağrıdağ; Persian: Kūh-e Nūḥ) is a dormant, compound volcanic mountain, consisting of two ancient volcanic peaks, located in present-day eastern Turkey very close...

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, oil on canvas painting by Simon de Myle, 1570 CE. Private collection, Paris.

The Ark Passes Over the Jordan, gouache on board by James Tissot, c. 1896-1902. Jewish Museum, New York.

A 1493 illustration from the Nuremberg chronicles showing the construction of Noah's Ark.

Carpet mosaic depicting Temple facade with Torah Ark dating to the 4th century CE. Excavated at Khirbet es-Samarah. Currently housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.