[Mr. Lucky]

Pitch is an excellent wood preservative.

[caltaxed]

"Pitch is an excellent wood preservative."

It's better than I originally thought. Apparently sap pitch requires re-application every 5 years, and Noah probably didn't reapply pitch on the arc after the flood.

Any part of the arc in contact with the soil was most likely attacked by termites and dry rot pretty quickly.

[enduserindy]

Doesn’t some of it turn to amber?