LONDON -- Noah's Ark has been found on the Turkish-Iranian border, 32 kilometres from Mount Ararat, according to the leader of a team of scientists that has been investigating the site for six years.
The Turkish government is so convinced by the findings that, after years of intransigence, it has designated the site one of special archaeological interest and agreed to its excavation next summer.
The remote site contains a buried, ship-like object, resting an altitude of 2,300 metres. At 170 metres long and 45 metres wide, it conforms almost exactly to the 300 cubit by 50 cubit boat that God told Noah to build, according to Genesis 6 in the Bible.
On surrounding terrain, the American and Middle Eastern scientists have identified huge stones with holes carved at one end, which they believe are "drogue-stones," dragged behind ships in the ancient world to stabilise them. Radar soundings indicate unusual levels of iron-oxide distribution.
Salih Bayraktutan, head of geology at Turkey's Ataturk University, estimates the age of the 'vessel' at more than 100,000 years. "It is a man-made structure and for sure it is Noah's Ark." The site is directly below the mountain of Al Judi, named in the Koran as the Ark's resting place.
David Fasold, an American shipwreck specialist with no religious affiliation, has led the investigation. He says subsurface radar surveys of the site have produced "very good pictures." "The radar imagery at about 25 metres down from the stern is so clear that you can count the floorboards between the walls."
He believes the team has found the fossilised remains of the upper deck and that the original reed substructure has disappeared. But the findings have infuriated the scores of Christian Ark-hunters who travel to Turkey, convinced the Ark will only be found on Mount Ararat.
Fasold, who calls himself an "Arkologist," also argues that it was not a great flood that pushed the Ark into the mountains. He says it was "an astronomical event causing a tectonic upheaval, a tidal bore causing gravitational pull in the ocean waters that forced the boat into the mountains."
Some of Fasold's team of geophysicists and geologists are reserving final judgement until the excavation and carbon-dating. But in a British TV series on the environment next month, team member Vendyl Jones, a Middle East archaeologist and inspiration for film character Indiana Jones, says it is "between maybe and probably" that they have found Noah's Ark.
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Prologue: The Quranic verse detailing about the resting place of the Noah's Ark is found in The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 11,Verse 44. The verse says:
When the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water and O sky! withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"
The 49th verse of the same Chapter says:
Such are some of the stories of the Unseen which We have revealed unto you: before this neither you nor your people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the end is for those who are righteous .
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@Adindastrawberry
Afraid not, what it proves is that you're a gullible fool who will believe anything as long as it supports your biblical myths. This is nothing more than a natural rock formation, sorry to break that to you.
JieHadWithaVengence 12 hours ago
This proved that during the big flood, earth was filled with water up until mountain level.
Praise be to The All Mighty our Creator :)
Adindastrawberry 16 hours ago
okay i dont like religion and i believe in God. The bible has some facts and fiction stop arguing believe what you want to
MrJWSProductions 1 day ago
Physics blows Noah's ark right out of the water!
Sockpuppet2012 2 days ago
170 metres long and 45 metres wide can't be built only with wood
something of that size would need a metalic structure
if not it would break as soon it starts to float
jam63112 3 days ago
i call shopped
saundersbeach 3 days ago
Tell me your address I want to sell you a used car. You can believe me it is in great shape, yuu do not need to see it just trust me. You do not need to see the engine, it just works, I do not have a photograph or user manual but I can write down what I think it does.
elsbymike 5 days ago
@ReptiIianFreemason Thanks, I couldn't find any information out there about this other than YouTube videos and websites like "arksearch" and "islam101" which didn't sound like credible scientific sources and they all linked an article written in 1994 which again wasn't very credible as a source. When you start reading the information about the ark given on the universities page it's clear they are not convinced and provide so much evidence against the validity of these claims.
MG110994 1 week ago
@boyaloneful
I've read it, it's a joke.
ReptiIianFreemason 1 week ago
@MG110994
I'd recommend the studies conducted by the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University which prove beyond all reasonable doubt that it's nothing more than a natural rock formation. I can forward you a link if you want? These guys will never accept it but hey, since when have they allowed little things like facts & logic get in the way :)
ReptiIianFreemason 1 week ago