葛瑞姆·汉卡克，英国人，国际著名古文明研究作家，曾任《经济学人》杂志非洲特派员，后从事调查旅行写写作而成为全球畅销作者暨古文明遗址探险家。并于Discovery频道“寻找失落文明”经典系列，循着《上帝的指纹》、《失落的约柜》、《天之镜》线索现身开讲，揭开人类文明史上最神秘的面纱。著有《上帝的指纹》、《失落的约柜》、《天之境》、《创世纪守护神》、《火星的秘密》等国际知名畅销书。

The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the grant historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vesel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist has tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends -- revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden. Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time -- from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail -- this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.