:16:01
"Tanis development proceeding.
Acquire headpiece".
:16:06
"Staff of Ra. Abner Ravenwood, U.S."
:16:10
The Nazis have discovered Tanis...
:16:13
So what does that mean to you... - Tanis?
:16:17
City of Tanis is one of the possible
resting places of the Lost Ark.
:16:20
The lost ark?
:16:21
Yeah, the Ark of the Covenant,
:16:23
the chest the Hebrews used to
carry around the Ten Commandments.
:16:25
What do you mean commandments,
are you talking about "the" ten commandments?
:16:28
Yes, the actual ten commandments.
:16:30
the original stone tablets that Moses
brought down out of Mt. Heron and smashed,
:16:33
if you believe in that sort of thing.
:16:36
Any of you guys ever go to Sunday school?
:16:40
The Hebrews took the broken pieces
and put them in the Ark...
:16:42
and when they settled in Canaan, they put
the Ark in a place called the Temple of Solomon.
:16:47
in Jerusalem.
:16:47
where it stayed for many years, until,
all of a sudden, whoosh, it's gone.
:16:51
Where?
:16:52
Nobody knows where or when.
:16:54
However, an Egyptian pharaoh Shishak
invaded the city of Jerusalem
:16:58
around about 980 BC and he may have taken
the Ark back to the city of Tanis,
:17:03
and hidden it in a secret chamber
called the Well of Souls...
:17:07
Secret chamber....
:17:08
However, about a year after
the pharaoh had returned to Egypt,
:17:12
the city of Tanis was consumed
by the desert in a sandstorm
:17:16
which lasted a whole year,
:17:18
wiped clean by the wrath of God.
:17:24
Obviously we've come to the right men,
you seem to know all about this Tanis.
:17:28
No, no, not really.
Ravenwood is the real expert.
:17:32
Abner did the first serious work on Tanis,
collected some of its relics.
:17:37
It was his obsession really.
But he never found the city.
:17:41
Frankly, we're somewhat
suspicious of Mr. Ravenwood.
:17:44
An American being mentioned
so prominently in a secret Nazi cable.
:17:48
Oh rubbish! Ravenwood's no Nazi.
:17:50
What do the Nazis want him for then?
:17:53
Obviously, the Nazis are looking for
the headpiece to the Staff of Ra
:17:56
and they think Abner's got it...
:17:58
What exactly is a head piece to the staff of Ra?