The Gold of Exodus, Howard Blum
The Gold of Exodus, Howard Blum
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The Gold of Exodus
The Discovery of the Real Mount Sinai

Author: Howard Blum

Narrator: Boyd Gaines

Abridged: 4 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/1998


Synopsis


Mount Sinai, for many, it is the most sacred place on Earth - the
site where God descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments.
Yet for centuries, mankind has not known its exact location.

In this heart-pounding adventure, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Howard Blum tells the enthralling story of two modern-day adventurers - Larry Williams, a self-made millionaire and published author from Montana, and his friend Bob Cornuke, a retired policeman and former SWAT team member. Lured by the prospect of finding a fortune in gold, the two men set out to find the true site of Mount Sinai - with the Old Testament as a guide.

The stunning discoveries made at the mountain in Saudi Arabia known as Jabal al Lawz will astonish the world - and change the way we view it. What Williams and Cornuke found was compelling evidence of the stone altar at which the Golden Calf was worshipped, the twelve pillars that Moses ordered to be erected, and, most sensationally, the unnaturally scorched spot on the mountaintop where God gave Moses the two stone tablets.

This action-packed tale - part high-tech treasure hunt, part modern-day spy thriller, and part biblical detective story - is riveting. And it is all true.

About Howard Blum

Howard Blum is an author and journalist. Formerly a reporter for The Village Voice and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of several non-fiction books


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rodman Marquez on September 11, 2024

Not two stars but not three stars either.......more

Goodreads review by Tori on January 11, 2012

Well, I've had this on the very top of my to-read list for several years (since I started GoodReads?) And I'm finally going to read it! Just have to go pick it up at the library, it's waiting for me at the front desk. :D ~What's it been, five days later? anyway..~ Done! Quite done, and luckily too, fo......more

Goodreads review by Brian on September 27, 2014

History is at our feet but buried by the sands of time. In his book ‘The Gold of Exodus’, Howard Blum takes us on a journey to rediscover some of this history and uncover the buried treasures of Exodus—the gold of Egypt. The road map his characters follow is the biblical account of the Jews leaving......more

Goodreads review by Angelia on December 29, 2013

Even with so many negative reviews to steer me off, glad they didn't. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There are other books written of the same adventure, but this is the first one I've read and I thought Blum did a great job taking the reader on a quest with these two men and I appreciated the vari......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on June 18, 2017

I found this book in a give away pile, and picked it up on a whim. It's a well-paced journey that keeps the reader intrigued while weaving in bits of the greater world picture. I'm very glad I picked it up.......more