Insights: An Ancient Window The Newsletter of the Foundation for
Ancient Research and Mormon Studies The much-delayed and long-
awaited examination of Wadi Sayq, a likely site for Old World
Bountiful, became a reality recently. In April, a team of
researchers examined the port area of Khor Kharfot ("Fort Inlet"
in English) through which the Wadi Sayq enters the Indian Ocean
on the southern coast of Oman, at the extreme western end near
the border with Yemen. Their findings indicate that Khor Kharfot
may be the site of Lehi’s Bountiful. Through almost one decade
of preparatory research, Warren Aston of Australia, with the
assistance of his wife Michaela, has identified this site as a
possible location of ancient Bountiful where Lehi’s party camped
and built the ship by which they sailed to the promised land.
F.A.R.M.S. support accelerated this work in the later stages. In
1992 F.A.R.M.S. (with generous support from donors) and Brigham
Young University funded an expedition to evaluate the site. The
expedition wa