— Dr Jones, now, you must understand that this is all strictly confidential?
— I understand.
— Yesterday afternoon, our European sections intercepted a... a German communiqué that was sent from Cairo to Berlin.
— Now, to Cairo...
— See, over the last two years, the Nazis have had teams of archaeologists running around the world looking for all kinds of religious artefacts. Hitler's a nut on the subject. He's crazy. He's obsessed with the occult. And, right now, apparently, there's some kind of German archaeological dig going on in the desert outside of Cairo. Now, we've got some information here, but we can't make anything out of it, and maybe you can. «Tanis development proceeding. Acquire headpiece, Staff of Ra». «Abner Ravenwood, US». The Nazis have discovered Tanis. Just what does that mean to you, Tanis?
— Well, it... The city of Tanis is one of the possible resting places of the Lost Ark. The chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments.
— You talking about the Ten Commandments?
— Yes, the actual Ten Commandments. The original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Mount Horeb and smashed, if you believe in that sort of thing. Any of you guys ever go to Sunday school? Well, I... Oh, look. The Hebrews took the broken pieces and put them in the Ark. When they settled in Canaan, they put the Ark in a place called the Temple of Solomon. In Jerusalem. Where it stayed for many years. Until, all of a sudden, whoosh, it's gone.
