[ExSoldier]

Exactly. Of course the fact that it's been found in an increasingly militant muslim country might have something to do with the repetitive attempts to verify. The Turks have been notoriously uncooperative about allowing any expeditions to scale the mountain. Gee, I wonder if a verification of this sort would tend to cast a long shadow across the tales of mohammed and his pagan god, allah? Lower case intentional.

[Androcles]

Gee, I wonder if a verification of this sort would tend to cast a long shadow across the tales of mohammed and his pagan god, allah? Lower case intentional.

I don't see why - you forget that the Koran includes the story of Noah along with much of the old testament.