6. **Current Status**: The Ark's fate is unknown; it has be…

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6. **Current Status**: The Ark's fate is unknown; it has been the subject of numerous searches, theories, and archaeological quests:
- Some believe it was hidden away to prevent desecration or capture.
- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church claims to possess the Ark in the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia, where it is kept in a guarded chapel and only the monk assigned to guard it can see it.