Aha, I'm back, today. Sorry, Apalehorse, I didn't refresh the page until I was about to go to bed, so I saw your post, and started to write, my computer shut down, and I decided to wait until today to post.
Apalehorse: I congratulate you in the fact that you are a researcher. You check things out. You don?t take Wyatt?s word on it. I like that.
Here at Wyatt Archaeological Research, we present the evidence, and let you make your own decision. Please, as the Bible says:
?Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.? 1 Thess 5:21
So, I will begin by saying that Tentmaker is very critical of Ron Wyatt. (Can?t you tell?
Now, I will state that Dave Fasold was absolutely ecstatic at the find of this site in middle Eastern Turkey. He went over with Ron to the site. In one of his video clips, he says very excitedly: ?What more evidence do we NEED!!!!!!? He sincerely endorsed Ron?s claims of the site being Noah?s Ark.
Then, if I have my story right, someone drilled less than 5 holes, I believe less than 5? in diameter, in different places on the site, and concluded that it was a natural site. Fasold agreed with those.
#1 ?the supposed iron bracket in the ark structure?
Analysis has shown that the rivet has space-age alloys including titanium, alluminum, and other space-age alloys. Kind of wierd for a natural volcanic formation.
#2 ?chemical analysis of a drogue stone?
There are large boulders with unique holes in the tops, and some have 8 main crosses (Could it be the 8 survivors of the flood?).
And Ron Wyatt did not believe that the boat was a reed boat.
In our museum we have actual pieces of Noah?s Ark, but one of the main features is a deck timber that was presented to Ron by the Turkish Gov. (Which by the way believes that it is Noah?s Ark) And this deck timber has layers like ply-wood. Now the Bible tells us that the ark was made of gopher-wood, and if you look up the word gopher in the Oxford Dictionary, Gophering can refer to layering.
I?ll end up with saying that this site is not on Mt. Ararat, but on a smaller mountain several miles from there (The Bible says that Noah?s Ark landed on the ?mountainS of Ararat? mountains plural) Ararat itself is a post-flood volcano, so if Noah?s Ark ever was on Mt. Ararat, it is probably blown to splinters by now. All in all, it makes sense that Noah?s Ark would be right where Ron?s site is.
Apalehorse, this was not about you, this post, this was about correcting some of Fasold?s claims, and I say again, Fasold was a great, great supporter of the site.
Thank you Apalehorse, for your input and research. Please continue posting here.
Doc Savage, It would be great if you could make it down to the museum, and if you come down, ask if ?David? is here. Goodbye for now, and be sure to
?Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.? 1 Thess 5:21