The Ark of Noah

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Summary: Fasold's Fantastic Find!
Review: At first, the book seemed to inundate the layman reader with scads of useless techno-babble. After actually giving it a chance however, I found it to be significant, not only as a tool for exhortation for the believer, but also as a tool for soul-winning. Never before has there been such a need for such a "meat-and-potatoes" approach to Biblical archeology. Who better to find a lost boat than a marine-salvage expert? This work was long overdue.

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Summary: Raider of the Lost Ark
Review: Dave Fasold was a friend of mine. He passed away a few years ago and I'm deeply saddened that he never lived to see his find honestly considered by anyone.
It's too bad because Dave found Noah's Ark.

I never went to Turkey with him but I've seen his video, read his newsletter (I was the unofficial cartoonist) and I've read his book, THE ARK OF NOAH.
He self-published it himself and the book is in need of an editor, but the info is detailed and ultimately overwhelming. In the spring of 1948 (as Israel was coming into existence), an earthquake pushed a huge boat-shaped hull out of the earth about 17 miles from Mount Ararat. Dave's expertise as a ship salvager and his obsession to find the Ark drove him until his last breath and I defy anyone to prove him wrong.
Read it for yourself.

What's missing from the book: Dave's struggles with everyone from Christian television to National Geographic to even consider his data. Dave's adventures and arrest in Saudi Arabia open another outstanding archaeology book called THE GOLD OF EXODUS and, despite my urging him to include such exciting episodes, he avoided exploiting his fascinating travels and struggles. He avoided all of that Indiana Jones [stuff]. He wanted his research taken seriously.
Maybe someday someone will take up his life and his extraordinary find.
He certainly deserved it.

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Summary: The Ark of Noah
Review: I found this book to be extremely useful in the comparison of various flood legends and the way in which the post-flood social development could have immortalized the personages of the ark in the cultural mythology of Egypt and other ancient civilizations of the Middle East. I have heard that the author has since recanted, so to speak, his belief that he had found the ark. That is, he had found something but no longer believes it to be the ark or that there even was an ark. Still, the book is the best I've read on the subject. Although it's no longer in print, I'd recommend an effort to locate a copy.