Amphibian Ark is an organization that was formed to implement the ex-situ conservation recommendations of this plan, and they have been working with zoos and aquaria around the world encouraging them to create assurance colonies of threatened amphibians.

The main focus of the site is the forum, The Ark, and there is also a ( seemingly defunct ) web zine.

Ark is a Latin-based word that means a " box " or container.

Aron Habrit ), also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in Book of Exodus as containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed and pieces of manna.

The Book of Exodus gives detailed instructions on how the Ark is to be constructed.

A golden cover, adorned with golden cherubim, is to be placed above the Ark.

The Ark is finally to be placed behind a veil ( Parochet ), a full description of which is also given.

The Ark is next spoken of as being in the Tabernacle at Shiloh during Samuel's apprenticeship ( 1 Sam.

In 1 Chronicles 13: 3 it is stated that the people were not accustomed to consult the Ark in the days of Saul.

There is no record of what became of the Ark in the Books of Kings and Chronicles.

In Rabbinic Literature, the final disposition of the Ark is disputed.

In the New Testament, the Ark is mentioned in the Letter to the Hebrews and the Revelation to St. John.

A number of Roman Catholic writers connect this verse with the Woman of the Apocalypse in, which immediately follows, and argue that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the " Ark of the New Covenant.

You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which Divinity resides " ( Homily of the Papyrus of Turin ).

" The Abyssinians possess also the Ark of the Covenant ", he wrote, and, after a description of the object, describes how the liturgy is celebrated upon the Ark four times a year, " on the feast of the great nativity, on the feast of the glorious Baptism, on the feast of the holy Resurrection, and on the feast of the illuminating Cross.

The Biblical Ark of the Covenant is approximately 52. 5 inches long, 31. 5 inches wide, and 31. 5 inches high in the shape of a rectangular chest.

He points out that Shrine 261 is not strictly analogous to the Ark of the Covenant: it can only be said that the Anubis Shrine is " ark-like ", constructed of wood, gilded and gessoed, stored within a sacred tomb, " guarding " the treasury of the tomb ( and not the primary focus of that environment ), that it contains compartments within it that store and hold sacred objects, that it has a figure of Anubis on its lid, and that it was carried by two staves permanently inserted into rings at its base and borne by eight priests in the funerary procession to Tutankhamun's tomb.

* The Ark of the Covenant is the main focus of Steven Spielberg's 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the same prop also appears in a cameo in a later sequel in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

According to some traditional interpretations of the Book of Exodus, Book of Numbers, and the Letter to the Hebrews the Ark also contained Aaron's rod, a jar of manna and the first Torah scroll as written by Moses ; however, the first of the Books of Kings says that at the time of king Solomon, the Ark contained only the two Tablets of the Law.

After their first defeat at Eben-ezer, the Israelites had the Ark brought from Shiloh, and welcomed its coming with great rejoicing.

Under Saul, the Ark was with the army before he first met the Philistines, but the king was too impatient to consult it before engaging in battle.

On hearing that God had blessed Obed-edom because of the presence of the Ark in his house, David had the Ark brought to Zion by the Levites, while he himself, " girded with a linen ephod ," " danced before the Lord with all his might " and in the sight of all the public gathered in Jerusalem — a performance that caused him to be scornfully rebuked by his first wife, Saul's daughter Michal ( 2 Sam.

The story of the Ark that follows tells of Israel's oppression by the Philistines, which brings about Samuel's anointing of Saul as Israel's first king.

Noah's Ark Day School is a small alternative non-denominational Christian school for students in pre-K through first grade only.

IV, describes Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, at the time the Ark of the Covenant was first moved into the newly built temple:

The many shots including the ghosts in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the first two feature films in the RoboCop series use Phil Tippett's go motion version of stop motion.

In 1929, National Pictures released their first film with Warner Bros., Noah's Ark.

Lucas and Spielberg had intended to make a trilogy of Indiana Jones films since Lucas had first pitched Raiders of the Lost Ark to Spielberg in 1977.

When George Lucas first approached Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg recalled, " George said if I directed the first one then I would have to direct a trilogy.

This move fulfilled a lifelong dream: Durrell claims in The Stationary Ark that the first word that he could enunciate with any clarity was " zoo ".

His first book — The Overloaded Ark — was a huge success, causing Durrell to follow up with other such accounts.

The first expedition consisted of two ships that had formerly belonged to Baltimore's father, The Ark and The Dove.

According to local legend in the Birecik area, the Northern Bald Ibis was one of the first birds that Noah released from the Ark as a symbol of fertility, and a lingering religious sentiment in Turkey helped the colonies there to survive long after the demise of the species in Europe.

Additionally, the first dedicated sports facilities were constructed including " The Ark " for basketball in 1918,

His first publication was in 1982, when his play for children, Noel's Ark, appeared.

Weekly World News was often the first to report the findings of biblical relics, including Noah's Ark, the Garden of Eden ( claimed by the tabloid to be in Colorado ), and the discovery of additional commandments from God.

After a human collaborator named Alexi Voshkod leads NEST to Chernobyl where they retrieve an engine part from the Ark, the Decepticons reemerge for the first time since Egypt in the form of Shockwave and his Driller who attack, but retreat.

sakīnah is mentioned six times in the Quran, in chapters 2, 9 and 48. Their prophet said to them: " The sign of his kingship is that the Ark will come to you in which there is tranquility from your Lord and a relic from the family of Moses and the family of Aaron, borne by the angels.

He also observes that in the Old Testament, images and statues were not absolutely condemned in themselves: examples include the images of cherubim over the Ark of the Covenant () which God instructed Moses to make, the embroidered figures of cherubim angels which God told Moses to make on the curtain which separated the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle tent (), or the bronze serpent mentioned in the book of Numbers.

' Sheshonk ' is mentioned in the 1981 American action-adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Lawrence Kasdan and story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.

It is mentioned as the place the Ark of the Covenant was moved after being in Beth-shemesh ( 1 Samuel 6: 21-7: 2 ).

The loss of the Ark is also not mentioned in the Bible.

The concept of unclean animals is also mentioned in the Book of Genesis, when Noah is instructed to bring into the Ark all sorts " of pure beasts, and of beasts that are impure, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth ".

Aunty is not explicitly mentioned by name after this, but the Ark and its systems had many more appearances.

During the rebellion of Absalom, Zadok is mentioned as He and the Levites wished to accompany the fleeing David and bring along the Ark of the Covenant, but the king instructed them to remain at Jerusalem, where they could do him better service ), so that it actually happened that Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, along with Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, brought the fleeing king a life saving message.

Hur is also mentioned as the grandfather of Bezaleel, designated by God to be the principal creator of the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant.

Ark Megaforms are mentioned only in one book-" Space Mowgli ".

Kiryat Ye ' arim ( Town of Forests ) is named for a town of the same name mentioned in the Bible in relation to King David's transport of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem.