Ron Wyatt

Ron Wyatt
Ron Wyatt in 1999
Born
Ronald Eldon Wyatt

(1933-06-02)June 2, 1933
Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 1999(1999-08-04) (aged 66)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationNurse anesthetist
Known forClaims of discovery of Noah's Ark and other Biblical artifacts

Ronald Eldon Wyatt (June 2, 1933 – August 4, 1999) was an American nurse anesthetist and pseudo-archaeologist, who claimed to have made almost 100 biblical archaeology discoveries. He claimed to have found the landing place of Noah's Ark at the Durupınar site.[1]

Wyatt's claims were described by some fellow creationists as "fraudulent,"[2] and by a representative of the Israel Antiquities Authority as "fall[ing] into the category of trash which one finds in tabloids such as the National Enquirer."[3] They are not considered credible by professional archaeologists and biblical scholars.

Life and career

Wyatt Archaeological Museum, in Cornersville, Tennessee
The Durupınar site in 2007
The Durupinar site, Na’hum Gemisi, in 2019

Wyatt was working as a nurse anesthetist in a hospital in Madison, Tennessee,[4] when, in 1960, he saw a picture in Life of the Durupınar site, a boat-like shape on a mountain near Mount Ararat. The resulting widespread speculation in evangelical Christian circles that this might be Noah's Ark started Wyatt on his career as an amateur archaeologist. From 1977 until his death, in 1999, he made more than a hundred trips to the Middle East, his interests widening to take in a great variety of references from the Old and New Testaments. By the time of his death, Wyatt claimed to have discovered several sites and artifacts related to the Bible and biblical archaeology.

Death

Wyatt died of bone cancer, on August 4, 1999, aged 66, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.[5] His remains are buried in Polk Memorial Park Cemetery, in Columbia, Tennessee.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sarkar 2024.
  2. ^ Wieland 2003.
  3. ^ Letter.
  4. ^ Standish 1999, p. 10.
  5. ^ Eedle 1999.
  6. ^ Romano 2001.

Sources

  • Burleigh, Nina (2008). Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-145845-3.
  • Collins, L. G.; Fasold, D. F. (1996). "Bogus "Noah's Ark" from Turkey Exposed as a Common Geologic Structure". Journal of Geoscience Education. 44 (4): 439–444. Bibcode:1996JGeEd..44..439C. doi:10.5408/1089-9995-44.4.439.
  • Corbin, B. J. (1999). The Explorers of Ararat and the search for Noah's ark. Great Commission Illustrated Books.
  • Eedle, Arthur (10 August 1999). "15. Tribute to Ron Wyatt". Prophetic Telegraph.
  • Jarriel, Tom (October 17, 1985). 20/20 October 17, 1985. 20/20. ABC News.
  • Romano, Jack (October 2001). "Ron Wyatt: God's Archaeologist". Fortean Times. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  • "Letter from Joe Zias". Tentmaker Ministries.
  • Longman, Tremper (2009). How to Read Exodus. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-3858-5.
  • Melton, J. Gordon (2008). The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1-57859-209-7.
  • Merling, David. ""Has Noah's Ark Been Found?"". Adventists Online. Archived from the original on 1999-11-17. Retrieved 2016-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • "Noah's Ark? Boatlike form is seen near Ararat". Life. September 5, 1960. pp. 112–114.
  • Qguz, Zeynep (2023). "Geo-Spiritualities of the Flood: Political Geologies of the Great Deluge on the Mountains of Anatolia". In Bashford, Alison; Kern, Emily M.; Bobbette, Adam (eds.). New Earth Histories : Geo-Cosmologies and the Making of the Modern World. University of Chicago Press.
  • Sarkar, Donna (February 8, 2024). "The True Story Of Amateur Christian Archaeologist Ron Wyatt And His Biblical 'Discoveries'". All That's Interesting. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  • Sheaffer, Robert (1993). "Levitated Linda, Ear Coning, and Arkeology". Skeptical Inquirer. Vol. 17, no. 3. pp. 268–9.
  • Standish, Russell R. (1999). Historic Adventism: What are the Chief Beliefs of what Has Become Known as "Historic Adventism"?. Hartland Publications. ISBN 978-0-923309-64-0.
  • "Update: Ark of the Covenant". Anchor Stone International. March 28, 1999.
  • Wieland, Carl (February 11, 2003). "AiG discussion of Wyatt and other claims with Kent Hovind, October/December 2002". Archived from the original on February 11, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  • Zelinger, Yehiel (2006). "Jerusalem, the Garden Tomb". Hadashot Arkheologiyot. 116. Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums.

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