People have searching for the original ark of the covenant a long time.  This search was a plot in the Raiders of the ark movie.  But there still remains the mystery of what ever happened to the real historical ark?  There have been lots of ideas and theories floating around.  There was even one person who said he had found it but turned out he was wrong. Then there is location supposedly  in Ethiopia where there is supposed to be ark hidden away.

The ark just like the other ark were box like structures. The Hebrew meaning of ark is literally that a box, crate.   There is new evidence that seems to point to it being hidden away underneath the temple mount in a hidden chamber.  This does seem to be the most likely of places.  There are lots of hidden rooms and caves underneath the temple mount.  There are few reports circulating of people who says they have seen it there.  The researcher Ron Wyatt had also said he had found the ark there. But he has changed his story over and over and over again so his credibility is totally shot. Years ago I was fresh out of Bible college when I attended a lecture given by Ron Wyatt which included several slides of the ark in a cave under the temple mount.  I thought was a very interesting lecture.  But I still remanded  doubtful about his discovery.