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David Beem on The ARK OF THE COVENANT: BEYOND RAIDERS
The year is 1936. You’re thick inside the Peruvian jungle. There’s the whisper of a gun sliding from its holster followed by the crack of a whip. A stubble-faced Harrison Ford steps into frame; Indiana Jones is born.
Actually, the year was 1981. The movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was nine years old, and wasn’t exactly sure why I was watching the movie in the first place. Sure, Han Solo was in it, but the Millennium Falcon wasn’t. There were no space battles. No Jedi. But then the movie started to get good. Like–really good. And by the time people’s faces were melting off at the end, I knew: The Ark of the Covenant was too cool for school.
Thirty years later, I’m still in love with the Ark. But what parts of the legend, if any, are true? And, did it ever really even exist?
To read more go to http://bit.ly/p4Vz3H
Actually, the year was 1981. The movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was nine years old, and wasn’t exactly sure why I was watching the movie in the first place. Sure, Han Solo was in it, but the Millennium Falcon wasn’t. There were no space battles. No Jedi. But then the movie started to get good. Like–really good. And by the time people’s faces were melting off at the end, I knew: The Ark of the Covenant was too cool for school.
Thirty years later, I’m still in love with the Ark. But what parts of the legend, if any, are true? And, did it ever really even exist?
To read more go to http://bit.ly/p4Vz3H
