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EXPLORATIONS Cornuke's explorations have included the Online'' "All Anchors Accounted For" (Cornuke) 2004 , although this has been disputed. CONTROVERSY AND CRITICISM Mount Sinai Controversy In Cornuke's book ''The Mountain of God'' he claimed to be the researcher of the biblical match of noted that H. Philby in his 1957 book '' The Land Of Midian '' claimed that ''Jabal al-Lawz'' was the Biblical site. {Link without Title} . Author Gordon Franz has suggested that Cornuke "had forged a letter from the king of Saudi Arabia in order to obtain a visa into the Kingdom." However, Franz went to do debunk Wyatt, Cornuke, and Williams' claim that Biblical Mt. Sinai was in Saudi Arabia. Franz argued "biggest problem with the identification of Mt. Sinai at Jebel el-Lawz is that it does not meet the Biblical criteria for the site. These claims are based on three false assumptions and a misunderstanding of the archaeological remains that they observed."[http://www.ldolphin.org/franz-sinai.html The three false assumptions were: 1) the Sinai Peninsula was within the territorial borders of the Land of Egypt, 2) "that Mt. Sinai is located in the Land of Midian, which is identified as part of the Saudi Arabian peninsul," and 3) "Apostle Paul says in Gal. 4:25 that Mt. Sinai was in Saudi Arabia." Maltese Controversy Professor Anthony Bonanno ''University of Malta'' "Professor Anthony Bonanno Department of Classics and Archaeology " has stated that anchors recovered by Cornuke and alledged to be from "the wreck of Paul's ship from Acts" were "consistent" with the "era of the shipwreck of St. Paul, in 60 A.D." and "a Roman/Alexandrian grain freighter"[http://www.baseinstitute.com ''The Lost Shipwreck of St. Paul'' Global Publishing Services , 2003. ISBN 0971410038 (Pg 129) though he did not directly link the anchors with St. Paul. This claim has been disputed, however, with Cornuke being labelled by some as a "con artist" who was claimed "to have found the wreck of Paul's ship from Acts - and then got sued for breaking 'all aspects' of an oral contract with a former US ambassador to Malta." The case was unsuccessful[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/119/42.0.html ''ibid''. This has led to some reports that "(he seems) to be more interested in the money to be gained from their claims than in providing genuine evidence for anything." Gordon Franz noted Charles Grech (a retired restaurant owner) found a third anchor in front of an same underwater cave that might have been found off the Munxar Reef, but this was not certain.[http://www.ldolphin.org/maltashipwreck.html ''The Lost Shipwreck of St. Paul: The Sinking of the 'Lost Shipwreck of Paul' or Have the Anchors from the Apostle Paul's Shipwreck Been Discovered on Malta? by Gordon Franz Only one anchor was examined by Bananno and it was only examined in Mr. Grech's home.[http://www.ldolphin.org/maltashipwreck.html]Ibid. There has, so far (2006), been no independent verification of the identity of the objects found. Franz unilaterally dismisses every Maltese claim Cornuke has made. {Link without Title} Ibid. Franz has noted "had no tangible proof of the anchor stocks to show the world. The first of the anchor stocks was melted down; the second, third and fourth were in private collections; and the fifth and six had been sold." So Cornuke, with "the aid of the US ambassador to Malta, Kathy Proffitt, was enlisted to convince the President and Prime Minister of Malta to offer an amnesty to anyone who would turn over antiquities found off the Munxar Reef" and the pardons were issued on September 23, 2002." As a result, "two anchor stocks" were "turned over to the authorities." However, Franz questions Cornukes research in that "Mr. Cornuke does not interact with, or mention, some very important works on the subject of Paul's shipwreck; nor are they listed in his bibliography." {Link without Title} Ibid. All these scholars have claimed different sites where St. Paul may have been shipwrecked. Gordon also has criticized Cornuke's understanding of the biblical story and description. '' Christianity Today '' reported that the then U.S. ambassador Kathryn Proffitt sued Cornuke to stop the sale of his book after she arranged for the " Maltese government to pardon the fisherman." (Cornuke would claim these "were from the apostle's ship.") As part of the pardon arrangement and several other issues, Cornuke agreed to remain silent about the pardon and "to allow Proffitt and the Maltese government to edit the book. He would also be required to encourage tourists to visit ancient temples." He did not keep his part of the agreement.[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/119/42.0.html A federal judge denied the request to hold up publication of the book since it was already released at the time. Even still, "what the Maltese government is apparently upset about, however, isn't that Cornuke's book was published without its permission, but that it claims that the shipwreck never happened in the traditional site on the northeastern tip of the island, now known as St. Paul's Bay ." {Link without Title} TRIVIA Cornuke is reported as styling himself in an "'': "Apostle Paul's Shipwreck Makes Headlines" By Ted Olsen May 15, 2003 Cornuke has appeared on CBS 's ''Ancient Secrets of the Bible'' on May 15, 1992, November 13, 2000 he was on MSNBC 's '' Dateline '', July 7, 1998 The '' 700 Club '', and on Fox Television’s '' Ripley's Believe It Or Not '' February 9, 2000 (episode 105). "The REST of the Story" Bob Cornuke's Ph.D. was received in 2005 from '' "Featured Alumni" 2005 . BOOKS
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