The secret key to finding the Ark of the Covenant lies with this Round jewel-eyed medallion. When properly placed as the headpiece on a Staff of Ra exactly six kadams in height, and positioned in the right spot in the Map room at Tanis at the exact moment of the day when sunlight streams in, and the light shines through the eye of the medallion, then a spectrum of red light will reveal the location of the Well of the Souls, the Ark's correct burial site. Just kidding, the headpiece is a prop created for the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark by sculptor and miniaturist Barry Minot.

National Geographic Museum
Washington, DC

06.20.18