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[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Thanks for that. It wasn't Wyatt's wheels that led me to the 18th dynasty.
It was other factors. I just found it interesting to read that he concluded
the same dynasty based on chariot wheels.

James Christian

2010/2/16 Hedrick Gary <GaryH AT cjfm.org>

> With all due respect, the late Ron Wyatt was a nut. He claimed to have
> found the Ark of the Covenant in a secret chamber beneath Galgotha (so that
> the blood of Jesus actually dripped down through fissures in the ground onto
> the Mercy Seat), but never shared the location with anyone other than his
> own business associates. He claimed to have submitted the blood for DNA
> testing but never revealed what lab did the workup on the samples. He wanted
> to go on tour and display the "Ark," along with its contents (including the
> tablets of the Law), but those plans were interrupted by his untimely death.
>
> Wyatt, who was a nurse by profession (not an archaeologist), used
> carefully-staged and choreographed videos to "prove" his discoveries--and
> some of that footage used to be accessible on the WWW. Personally, I thought
> the videos were impressive. But then I also thought Jurassic Park was
> impressive.
>
> And yes, Wyatt also claimed to have found the "true" location of Israel's
> crossing of the "Red Sea" (which he thought was the Gulf of Aqaba),
> including Pharaoh's chariot wheels. But anyone who's ever seen the sea bed
> just off the coast of Eilat (southern Israel) knows that coral formations
> that look like a small wheel with "spokes" are very common. They are a
> naturally-occurring phenomenon. You can see them from the glass bottom
> boats, for instance, or even from the Underwater Observatory south of Eilat.
> Maybe that's where Wyatt got the idea.
>
> It's true that the "golden chariot wheel" was not a natural formation--at
> least not the one I saw in the photograph on his website years ago. But
> Wyatt's own son later admitted that his father staged the so-called "golden
> chariot wheel" discovery. Check out http://www.tentmaker.org/WAR/
>
> Bottom line: anyone who bases any conclusions about the Pharaoh of the
> Exodus on this sort of pseudo-archaeological "National Inquirer" silliness
> is barking up the wrong tree. It's better to stick with the Hebrew text
> itself, pertinent linguistics, and verifiable history for purposes of
> confirmation.
>
> Gary Hedrick
> San Antonio, Texas USA
>
> On Feb 16, 2010, at 8:05 AM, K Randolph wrote:
>
> > James:
> >
> > The “chariot wheels” are the only artifacts that Ron Wyatt claimed to
> have
> > found that don’t have disproof from archeologists. The “golden one”, if
> it
> > were genuine, would have been gold leaf over wood: the ship worms would
> have
> > made short work of the wood and the gold leaf is too weak to stay in
> shape
> > on its own. Even if corals originally grew on the wheels (highly
> unlikely)
> > their growth rates would have long ago obliterated the wheel shapes, in
> far
> > less time than the 2000+ years since the 18th dynasty. Therefore, this
> claim
> > that these are chariot wheels from the Exodus is phony.
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:16 AM, James Christian
> > <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I can't find them again but most of the pictures I saw online were of
> >> barely visiable chariot wheel shaped coral formations. The coral having
> >> grown on the wooden frames of the wheels. The only one that is in tact
> is
> >> the golden one in the photo. Obviously gold being a metal and in a low
> >> oxidation environment would have better chances of remaining in tact. In
> any
> >> case, what I found extremely interesting was the claim of finding 4, 6
> and 8
> >> spoken chariot wheels identifying the 18th dynasty. The reason I found
> this
> >> particularly interesting was because of other indicators which have had
> me
> >> looking at the 18th dynasty for some time.
> >>
> >> James Christian
>
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