title: Building of the Ark Encounter, The
author: Answers in Genesis
description: Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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  ## EXCAVATION
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JAMES ROLLINS
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## ![](../Images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Excavation
  
  
  For the 1985 graduating class of
  
  
  
  
  
  the University of Missouri Veterinary School,
  
  
  
  
  
  especially my roommates:
  
  
  
  
  
  Dave Schmitt, Scott Wells,
  
  
  
  
  
  Steve Brunnert, and Brad Gengenbach.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Excavation
  
  
  
  
  
  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
  nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God
  planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had
  formed.
  
  
  
  
  
  â€”Genesis 2:7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [EPIGRAPH](../Text/html_split_003#filepos1527)
  
  
  
  
  
  [PROLOGUE](../Text/html_split_005#filepos4607)
  
  
  
  
  
  [DAY ONE: RUINS](../Text/html_split_006#filepos18876)
  
  
  
  
  
  [DAY TWO: JANAN PACHA](../Text/html_split_009#filepos178145)
  
  
  
  
  
  [DAY THREE: SUBSTANCE Z](../Text/html_split_012#filepos322931)
  
  
  
  
  
  [DAY FOUR: NECROPOLIS](../Text/html_s