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July/August 2023 • Southern Jewish Life
Indiana Cohen — professor of archaeology, expert on the occult, and obtainer of rare antiquities — was being questioned about an intercepted cable by two representatives of a government agency in the middle of World War II. Indy, with a gleam of recognition in his eye, said, “Ararat is one of the possible resting places of the lost ark.” One of the agents replied, “You mean the Ark of the Covenant? The chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments? The original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Mount Horeb and smashed?” “No…” “No?” “No. Noah. Noah’s Ark.” “Noah’s Ark?” “Yes, the original ark that Noah built and preserved humanity and animals in, if you believe in that sort of thing. Didn’t you guys ever go to Sunday School?” “Well, I…” “Everyone on the Earth was consumed by the waters in a storm which lasted a whole 40 days and 40 nights. Wiped clean by the wrath of God.” “Obviously, we’ve come to the right men.” “Noah’s ark ended up, probably in broken pieces, on a mountain called Ararat. Where people might have remembered for many years, until all of a sudden, whoosh, all memory of it is gone.” “Where?” “Well, nobody knows where.” “Frankly, we’re somewhat suspicious of Ravenwood an American being mentioned so prominently in a secret Nazi cable.” “Oh, rubbish. Ravenwood’s no Nazi.” “Well, what do the Nazis…” “Well, obviously, they’re confused. When Raiding a the rains abated, Noah first sent a raven out different Ark to search for dry land. And the ark was made of gopherwood. Something got lost for them in translation.” “What does that tell you that it doesn’t tell me?” “It tells me that they’d be better off reading books than burning them.” “I’m beginning to understand Hitler’s interest in this.” “Oh, yes. The Bible speaks of the Ark preserving a select group of humanity, and withstanding God’s laying waste to entire regions. A navy with the ark before it, is invincible.” ***** Later that evening, Marcus met Indy at his home. Marcus told Indy, “They want you to go for it. They want you to get ahold of the Ark before the Nazis do, and they’re prepared to pay handsomely for it.” “And the museum? The museum gets the Ark when we’re finished?” “Do you think there’s room in the museum for a ship large enough to save every living species on earth?” “Well, I…” “Yes, of course. We’ll build a new wing if we have to.” “Noah’s Ark. Nothing else has come close. That thing represents everything we got into archaeology for in the first place. I’ve got to find Ararat. I think I know where to start.” “That’s the least of your worries right now, believe me, Indy.” “What do you mean?” “Well, I mean that for nearly 4,000 years, man has been searching for continued on previous page