As Prof. Thomas North entered a chamber with ancient writing, he brushes to get the sand and dirt off to reveal the writing, but when Monica enters the chamber, Prof. Thomas North he does it over again.
The angels on this show are acting as if the ark of the covenant was still pertinent. Yet they overlook the scripture. "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;" This showed that the glory of God had left the holy of holies when Jesus died on the cross. The arc is a relic now, and nothing more.