Text from a recently translated Hebrew document appears to reference the
location of several ancient Biblical treasures, and even mentions the
famed Ark of the Covenant. According to Live Science,
the document, called the “Treatise of the Vessels,” suggests the
artifacts were tucked away in various places throughout the Middle East.
"Some of these [treasures] were hidden in various locations in the
Land of Israel and in Babylonia, while others were delivered into the
hands of the angels Shamshiel, Michael, Gabriel and perhaps Sariel,”
wrote James Davila, a professor at the University of St. Andrews in
Scotland who translated the Hebrew text and reported on it in an article
in the book "Old Testament Pseudepigrapha More Noncanonical Scriptures
Volume 1.”