Let us not forget the fossilized remains of a large vessal i.e.( Noahs Ark) on Mount Ararat in Turkey and the stone mooring rings that a few miles below the site many miles from any large bodies of water that were carbon dated to be between 3200-2700 B.C. Also the high iron and zinc deposits in the middle east that cover only a 3 sq. mile area in the proposed place of Sodom & Gommarah. The minerals are consistant of common small meteorites. Hence the fire and brimestone.

To Bzrd: The Shroud of Turin was originally dated 14th Century A.D. A new "Cobalt" carbon dating system has determined to be much older. Around 2000 years. The blood stains have tracable DNA. The dust particals recovered on the shroud were instrumental in the first carbon test. Hence the error. But there was a 3rd test done on the bloodstain and the test concluded it much younger than the cloth. But pollen embedded in the stains said it was older. There is where the conterversy lies. That carbon dating is not full proof.

• the other way round - Demosthenes - October 29, 1999 - 17:28 UTC