Jimmy Corsetti

Absolutely not.

So not only have they never claimed that it's related to funding, but this is where things get bizarre, is that there's a Turkish conglomerate called the Doge's Group, which consists of 250 companies within Turkey.

It's a billion dollar industry.

And they're the ones that took over management and funding of the site back in 2017 and

And they announced this at all places, the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in 2016 is when they announced this partnership.

Initial funding of $15 million.

At that time, they set up the infrastructure for tourism, roads, sidewalks, walkways, roofing platforms.

And since then is when they dialed back the excavations.

And I'm like this makes absolutely no sense.

So it has – let me just be crystal clear here.

It has nothing to do with funding and they've never claimed it has anything to do with funding.

But their excuses, they have said, one of which is that, well, we want to wait for future technologies to develop so we can more safely excavate the site.

And I'm like, wait a second.

Hold on a second.

We're talking about pillars buried in dirt.

It's 2024.

Do not tell me that we do not have the technological capability to dig rocks up.

So, okay.

This is where things get fun.

Oh, boy.