(As written in "The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark, by
Charles E. Sellier and David W. Balsiger, pages 289 - 291)
POSSIBLE MONGOL FORT
by Ron Charles
Another historian and researcher in this area has an intriguing
explanation for the formation at the Wyatt-Fasold site. Dr. Ron Charles, a historian of
ancient cultures and a leader of archaeological expeditions to several parts of the world,
says, I've been to the Wyatt-Fasold site three different times. I've discovered that
proponents of this site use just one portion of it to say that a reed boat would fit in
there without any problems. When I actually looked at it, it seemed to me that they were
only using part of the formation rather than examining all of it and 1 believe you can't
justify it without examining the entire structure.
After examining the site, I have come to the conclusion that it is a
natural formation on top of which a Mongol reconnaissance fort was built by the Mongol
conqueror Tamerlane in the latter part of the 1300s. He went through this area and this
particular type of construction was typical for Tamerlane.
At the time of Tamerlane's conquest, the foothills of Tendurek were
part of the conquered territory of Armenia/Kurdistan; with the valley that lies north of
the little village of Uzengili and south of Aghri Dagh being the main caravan route from
Persia to Anatolia and on into Europe and Syria. So if Tamerlane was consistent in his
conquest tactics, then on the foothills that overlooked the main east-west caravan route
that connected Persia to Anatolia at least one, probably as many as seven reconnaissance
base-storage camps were built by Tamerlane as he moved forward conquering the area.
He would take 240 of his handpicked soldiers into an area to be
conquered and build these forts. He would use existing geological formations such as lava
flows, earthquake fissures, riverbeds, or creekbeds. They were always facing north and
south on a caravan route.
Then, on top of these natural formations, he would reinforce them
with hand-laid stones and cover it all with mud. They would use these as a temporary
reconnaissance fortification, an observation point, and as a storage facility.
Looking at the formation in its full composition, the part being
referred to as the ark by Wyatt and Fasold is the upper tier of the fort, with the lower
portion being a tier of equal length to the right. The lower end of both tiers would have
been the supply entrance, while the entrance at the other end would have been for
pedestrians.
The upper tier has a high point for observation, along with two
alignment stones that were always a part of Tamerlane's forts. Also, the upper tier would
have been the officer's quarters, while the lower tier would have been quarters for the
mercenary army.
I am convinced that this site is something other than the ark of
Noah, and it sure fits the pattern for one of Tamerlane's forts.
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