Why I Love Reading the Sunday Paper

[Justtristo]

What's gopher wood,and what's the bet they are not quite sure of the actual length of a cubit?


I can understand how a tribe of dessert dwelling,bronze age nomadic goat herders could imagine there are only a few dozen species of animal,but-----

My guess is that gopher is probably Lebanese Cedar. although it could be interwoven willow branches and palm leaves, coated on the outside with bitumen. I wonder how if an "ark feasibility" study has been done with an supertanker sized ship whose hull was made out of interwoven willow branches and palm leaves.