Statement from the Ark Search LLC Senior Archaeologist:
I am the senior archaeologist on the Ark Search LLC Expedition team. You may have heard of a recent story about a discovery of Noah’s Ark made in a press conference or on a website by Mr. Daniel McGivern. His announcement was based on information that is not entirely accurate, and the conference was not authorized by Ark Search LLC. He is not a member of the team. Daniel McGivern illegally appropriated data from the Ark Search LLC 2010 Expedition and published it as his own. His use of preliminary data from an initial one partial day survey that shows only a small part of one anomaly is inaccurate and certainly not “overwhelming evidence” of his claim. McGivern has also refused to take down any of his erroneous and damaging material after repeated requests by the legitimate expedition team leader. Subsequent work by the legitimate expedition team have given different results than those McGivern has announced and all of McGivern’s claims should be rejected as opportunism.
Sincerely,
Randall Price, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Executive Director
Center for Judaic Studies
Rex Geissler, Dr. John Bryant, Kevin DeVries, Holt Condren, Jose Renteria, Pedro Vanegas, and Jon Price Climbing Mount Ararat in August 2011 with the assistance of Murat Camping.
Due to NAMI threats of legal action, the intrigue continued as CBN and the 700 Club admitted removing the embedded video below on the 700 Club website and removed the transcribed version of it as well for their segment “Researcher Claims Noah’s Ark Find a Big Hoax, and more”… The Chinese research group, NAMI, which the primary researcher in the segment, Dr. Randall Price, claimed had propogated a hoax, exerted pressure on CBN and the 700 Club to remove the segment. Why would CBN’s 700 Club bow to such pressure? And why would they not make a statement about this removal of the content from their website as if it never occurred? As evidence that the segment did exist on the 700 Club, you can still view the teaser that lists the following: “News on The 700 Club: November 30, 2010 As seen on The 700 Club’s nationally televised program for Nov. 30, the top headlines from CBN News include — Obama, GOP to Discuss Bush Tax Cuts, Exclusive: Researcher Claims Noah’s Ark Find a Big Hoax, and more.”
UPDATE: CBN’s 700 Club has removed the video and the text of the segment from the website per above. No reason was given. Later, pressure from NAMI in regard to legal threats was stated as the reason.
Noah’s Ark April “All Fools Day” Hoax photo album from 1933 Germany was conducted by Ernst Baumann in the April 8th, 1933 edition of a German newspaper, “Kolnische Illustrierte Zeitung.” The research into this hoax was conducted by Phyllis Watson and her mother Violet Cummings, wife of Eryl Cummings, and then published by Rex. One wonders how much this hoax event, which was replayed far and wide in other publications, may have encouraged the belief that Noah’s Ark had survived, especially into the World War II years when many of the primary sightings took place in the “Stars & Stripes” periodical…
Other creationist organizations and individuals expressed concerns, questions, and overall skepticism. A few of those questions that should be answered about the supposed 4,800 year old specimens include:
- How many laboratories tested the specimens?
- Were the laboratories “blind” in regard to the expected or desired date or not blind?
- What are the names of the laboratories for the tests and where are their reports documented?
- Who exactly collected the specimens and what was the process for collection, protection, and examination?
- Where were the specimens located from? For example, were they from the outside edge of the outside portions or the inside portions of the inside rooms of the structure?
- How many specimens were tested from each of those locations?
- Were there any differences in dates of the specimens’ testing results and if so, what were the differences and source locations for the specimens?
Sodom Tall el-Hammam Archaeological Excavation in Jordan River Valley at the Dead Sea
Dr. David Graves and Dr. Scott Stripling also believes that in Roman times Tall el-Hammam was the Roman city of Livias. Khirbet el-Habbasa just to the southeast of Tall el-Hammam (Sodom/Livias) includes a spring at the base of it and Roman fortifications including Roman houses, aqueduct, and 7 cisterns.
March 2002 3.29 ArcImaging President Rex Geissler was a guest at his Excellency Turkey’s 7th President Kenan Evren’s Scholarship Dedication for Turkish Studies at Florida Atlantic University on March 25-26, 2002. ArcImaging is a financial supporter of the scholarship fund and of T.A.B.E.C., the Turkish-American Business, Education, & Cultural Development Committee that helped coordinate the [...]
You can now view each chapter as it becomes available in the 3rd Edition, Online Version, of The Explorers Of Ararat: And the Search for Noah’s Ark. Armenian Reverend Ktrij Devejian displays an alleged piece of Noah’s Ark kept in the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin An Urartu/Ararat Geographic Boundaries paper was published by Rex Geissler, [...]
Bob Cornuke released a new DVD on his search for Noah’s Ark. See the review and critique of Cornuke’s video by Gordon Franz, Bill Crouse, and Rex Geissler in two different formats: Bob Cornuke DVD Critique in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format Bob Cornuke DVD Critique in HTML Web Format The Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS), [...]
The Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) held a debate on the landing site of Noah’s Ark November 15, 2007. Dr. John Morris of ICR moderated the debate, where ArcImaging President Rex Geissler took the position of defending Mount Ararat as the landing site while Rapid Response Report President Bill Crouse took the position of defending [...]
2006 December 12.2 Alva Appel died on December 2, 2006. Alva Appel (1922-2006) was a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) minister, Chief of Chaplains for the United States Air Force Auxillary Civil Air Patrol (CAP), and Chaplain Colonel of the United States Congressional Squadron. Alva was a strong climber who searched all over Ararat including the [...]
2005 September 9.30 The Gertrude Bell book, “AMURATH TO AMURATH” about her 1910 Expedition has been placed on the web! The primary photos from the Gertrude Bell book are posted here. 2005 August 8.1 Lithuanian Group photos of their 2005 Mount Ararat ascent are here. 8.1 Bekir Akcay photos of his 2004 Mount Ararat ascent [...]
