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http://www.examiner.com/x-44168-Philadelphia-Freethought-Examiner~y2010m4d28-Oops-Nevermind-RandallPriceNotedArkHunter-says-latest-find-is-fake
In a fortuitous and important follow-up to yesterday's story, Randall Price, a Liberty University archaeologist, has devoted his career to finding Noah』s Ark. One would think he』d welcome news of a find… but alas, that』s not to be the case.
Founded in 1971 by the Reverend Jerry Falwell, Liberty University is an independent, fundamentalist Baptist university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Although LU has science classes, their primary goal for all studies is to 「train young Champions for Christ.」
Price is the director of LU』s new Center for Judaic Studies, and has led dozens of expeditions in biblical archeology. He has been to Israel on more than 90 separate occasions over the past 30 years. His expeditions and digs there include the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. His trip to this site was his second to Ararat in search of the infamous Ark.
Price released this statement found on several websites:
I was the archaeologist with the Chinese expedition in the summer of 2008 and was given photos of what they now are reporting to be the inside of the Ark. I and my partners invested $100,000 in this expedition (described below) which they have retained, despite their promise and our requests to return it, since it was not used for the expedition. The information given below is my opinion based on what I have seen and heard (from others who claim to have been eyewitnesses or know the exact details).
To make a long story short: this is all reported to be a fake. The photos were reputed to have been taken off site near the Black Sea, but the film footage the Chinese now have was shot on location on Mt. Ararat. In the late summer of 2008 ten Kurdish workers hired by Parasut, the guide used by the Chinese, are said to have planted large wood beams taken from an old structure in the Black Sea area (where the photos were originally taken) at the Mt. Ararat site. In the winter of 2008 a Chinese climber taken by Parasut's men to the site saw the wood, but couldn't get inside because of the severe weather conditions. During the summer of 2009 more wood was planted inside a cave at the site. The Chinese team went in the late summer of 2009 (I was there at the time and knew about the hoax) and was shown the cave with the wood and made their film. As I said, I have the photos of the inside of the so-called Ark (that show cobwebs in the corners of rafters - something just not possible in these conditions) and our Kurdish partner in Dogubabyazit (the village at the foot of Mt. Ararat) has all of the facts about the location, the men who planted the wood, and even the truck that transported it.
While we who doubt are completely unsurprised, there are a couple of interesting things going on here. Despite the fact that the Chinese stole Price』s $100,000, he could have jumped on that bandwagon and co-claimed involvement in the find. But he didn』t. He exposed it and one has to hope it was done for the sake of honesty and integrity. I』d like to think so. In which case, I find myself in the rather stunning position of applauding a faculty member of Liberty University. |
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