| A
"Royal Prince"
comes to Nashville |
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| Ron
hadn't been home too
long when he received a
phone call from a man
who said he was a friend
of some of Ron's
captors. Samran Al-Motairy
was a close relation of
the king - he was
considered
"royalty", and
he had heard of Ron's
claim that Mt. Sinai was
in his region. There had
been several of Ron's
captors who had believed
Ron's claim, and they
had convinced Samran,
who lived in Tabuk, just
a couple of hours from
the mountain. Samran
told Ron over the phone
that ever since he had
heard about this
mountain, he couldn't
eat, sleep or
concentrate on anything
- he had to see it for
himself. Samran even
came to Nashville and
spent several days with
Ron to discuss the
matter and convince Ron
to return to Saudi.
Samran
had the connections -
Ron had the knowledge of
this most holy site.
Together, they could
"discover"
this site, maybe even
make a movie and be
famous. These were
Samran's desires.
Ron's
desire was to document
the evidence. And
Samran's proposal seemed
the ideal way to get the
evidence. The hard part
would be to get Ron back
into the country, but
Samran said he could do
it. And it was just
eleven months after his
and the boys' release
from prison in Saudi
that he would return to
Jebel el Lawz - legally.
March
31, 1985
A
contract was drawn up
between Samran el-Mutairy,
Ron Wyatt and Dave
Fasold, who was to
travel with Ron into
Saudi Arabia. The reason
there had to be a
contract such as this is
because in order for any
foreigners to work in
the Kingdom, they must
have a valid business
arrangement with a Saudi
resident. It was signed
by all three.
Ron
Wyatt, David Fasold and
Samran el-Mutairy flew
to Jedda, and then to
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
where Samran lives. The
next morning they
traveled to the site of
Jebel el Lawz, with a
driver and a laborer
accompanying them. |
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Over
view of Rephidim as
seen from the top of Mt.
Sinai |
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| With
Ron giving them
directions to the area,
they made some wrongs
turns. A Bedouin
appeared and they asked
him where Jebel el Lawz
was. He answered,
as Dave Fasold
remembers, with "Jebel
Musa henna" - which
means, "Moses'
mountain is here"!
Amazingly, the local
tradition recognized
this as the right place! |
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"Hut
Circles" at
Rephidim |
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| The
next morning an
Interrogation Team,
headed by Abu Collet was
to meet Ron and David at
the mountain. |
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Solitary
tree on Mt.
Sinai |
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| Arriving
at the site, Ron, Dave
and Samran showed the
men all the evidences -
the altar with the
Egyptian-style
petroglyphs of cows and
bulls; the altar at the
base of the mountain;
the tops of the 18 foot
diameter columns erected
5 feet apart; the marble
columns, etc. |
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Petroglyph
on the Altar |
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| After
a few days, an
archaeologist was flown
in from Rhiydh
University to Samran's.
The evidence was so
compelling now that this
was determined a
necessity. Ron and Dave
told him about all the
evidence out at the
mountain, and they
played Dave's video of
the golden calf altar
and the petroglyphs on
the TV. Although they
have the PAL system,
Dave's NTSC tape played
the video in black and
white without audio. As
they showed him the
archaeological
evidences, he was very
excited about the
pictures of
Egyptian-style cows and
bulls on the golden calf
altar and told them that
this style petroglyph
was not found anywhere
else in Saudi Arabia. |
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Altar
with Petroglyphs
of
Egyptian Style
Cow and Bull
Gods |
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| He
had been working
somewhere south of this
area and was completely
surprised to find out
this sort of
archaeological evidence
was in the area.
"This is a major
discovery!, he said.
Several times he shook
Ron's hand and
congratulated him on the
discovery. |
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Gulf
of Aquaba Region
and Mt. Sinai |
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Meeting with Riyadh
University" |
