In 1986 Fasold, along with Ron Wyatt, was one of the first Americans to investigate the notion that Jabal al-Lawz in Saudi Arabia might be the Biblical Mount Sinai. During an illegal trek through the desert around the mountain, Wyatt and Fasold were arrested and detained for a short period. Former New York Times journalist Howard Blum wrote of Fasold's journeys in his 1998 book The Gold of Exodus.: