Yes, Muslims believe they built the Al Aksa Mosque where the temple had stood.. The History of the Temple in Jerusalem lasted off and on for 400 years. The Muslim Mosque is 1300 years old.
Wyatt is the one who claims he found the ark of the covenant and the pharaoh's chariot wheels.
Okay. That's obviously nonsense.
The Ark was carried on two long poles. It had to be born by men, not beast of burden
as David discovered.
When the Ark was placed in the Holiest of Holies the poles were intact.
There is some evidence of channels cut into the rock where the Holiest is thought
to have been. These could have been where the Ark was laid.
BTW the bible routinely condemned the Jews. It detailed the exile of the ten tribes
and the destruction of the first temple. It detailed the Philistine capture of the Ark.
It doesn't mention the loss of the Ark.
the bible doesn't say "Babylon took away the Ark" nor does it say "The priests hid
the Ark."
That suggests to me that the authors of the bible are mum about the whereabouts
of the Ark. And it suggests, Raiders of the Ark style, that it could turn up one day -
maybe when the temple mount is in Jewish hands again.
More fantastic things have happened, ie the return of the Jews to Israel.
