The Christian Science Monitor reports, “Dr. Randall Price, an evangelical Christian and former member of the Chinese-led team that announced this week’s finding, says the latest purported finding may not withstand closer scrutiny.
“’If the world wants to think this is a wonderful discovery, that’s fine. My problem is that, in the end, proper analysis may show this to be a hoax and negatively reflect how gullible Christians can be,’ he says.
“Dr. Price, who is director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the conservative Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., was the archaeologist on the Chinese-led team in 2008 when this alleged discovery was first made. He says he has ‘difficulties with a number of issues related to the evidence at hand.’
“Price declined to elaborate. However, a leaked email from Price – which he confirms that he wrote – shows that he has reason to believe that a group of local Kurdish men trucked wood up to the mountain and staged an elaborate hoax for the Chinese team.”
Well....if the carbon dating shows it to be 5,000 years old, and it turns out to be brand new, well, then, win win.
I would definitely pay attention to what Dr. Randall Price says, because he does know his archeology and he is reputable and apparently he knows something more about what is going on here....
I would be extremely cautious about this... and it doesn’t hurt anything, in the discovery itself, when one is extremely cautious and verifies all things first, before saying something is confirmed.