After 3000 + years, if it were not kept in museum-like conditions...the wood would be long gone by now. Though that is just my opinion. Stranger things have happened.
Graham Hancock made a convincing case for the history of the Ark.
One thing I figured out a long time ago.
If any of you were to tell me "The Ark is in the building over there", and I knew for a FACT it WAS in that building over there.....even if I had permission to go in there and look at the thing, I would say NO.
Nope. Not gonna go near that thing. I don't care if all that is left is a few shriveled pieces of gold leaf and a broken gold cherubim wing.....I also do not care what the explanation is for all the stuff it supposedly has done, lol.
It all means the same thing. I would never want to get near that thing.
I do hope it gets found someday. Publicly at least. Just because it is such a fabulous priceless object which is believed to have been touched by God Himself.
The only problem is...with the reputation it has....you would never be able to display it publicly....too many nations would want to get their hands on it, on the off-chance that they could harness some supernatural power.
Of course we all know how THAT goes.....