From the Ashes
A Legendary Treasure Map
In 1947, a set of stone tablets removed from the Tomb of Ezekiel was acquired by a senior Israeli leader. Engraved with a legend that the Lost Ark’s location would be revealed by a copper treasure map, he brought the tablets to safety in Israel.
Leading to the Lost Ark
In 1952, archaeologists were shocked to find a copper treasure map in a Dead Sea cave. Does this mean that the legend engraved on the Ezekiel tablets was a true story? If so, what does the legend’s reference to the "anointed heir of David” mean?
In a Dead Sea Cave
As a peace message created by the high priest Ananias, many of the treasures listed on the Copper Scroll were metaphorical. But what about the “carrying chest with its contents” and the “forbidden” artifacts of the early Christians?
A New Era of Peace
As the first archaeologist to translate the Copper Scroll, John Marco Allegro began a search for its treasures that continues today. With work planned at mysterious tunnels in the Judean Desert, could an astonishing discovery soon be made?