A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah’s Ark.
The group claims that carbon dating proves the relics are 4,800 years old, meaning they date to around the same time the ark was said to be afloat. Mt. Ararat has long been suspected as the final resting place of the craft by evangelicals and literalists hoping to validate biblical stories.
Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah’s Ark Ministries International research team that made the discovery, said: “It’s not 100 percent that it is Noah’s Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it.”
There have been several reported discoveries of the remains of Noah’s Ark over the years, most notably a find by archaeologist Ron Wyatt in 1987. At the time, the Turkish government officially declared a national park around his find, a boat-shaped object stretched across the mountains of Ararat.
Nevertheless, the evangelical ministry remains convinced that the current find is in fact more likely to be the actual artifact, calling upon Dutch Ark researcher Gerrit Aalten to verify its legitimacy.
“The significance of this find is that for the first time in history the discovery of Noah’s Ark is well documented and revealed to the worldwide community,” Aalten said at a press conference announcing the find. Citing the many details that match historical accounts of the Ark, he believes it to be a legitimate archaeological discovery.
“There’s a tremendous amount of solid evidence that the structure found on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey is the legendary Ark of Noah,” said Aalten.
Representatives of Noah’s Ark Ministries said the structure contained several compartments, some with wooden beams, that they believe were used to house animals.The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds none have ever been found above 11,000 feet in the vicinity, Yeung said.
During the press conference, team member Panda Lee described visiting the site. “In October 2008, I climbed the mountain with the Turkish team. At an elevation of more than 4,000 meters, I saw a structure built with plank-like timber. Each plank was about 8 inches wide. I could see tenons, proof of ancient construction predating the use of metal nails.”
We walked about 100 meters to another site. I could see broken wood fragments embedded in a glacier, and some 20 meters long. I surveyed the landscape and found that the wooden structure was permanently covered by ice and volcanic rocks.”
Local Turkish officials will ask the central government in Ankara to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status so the site can be protected while a major archaeological dig is conducted.
The biblical story says that God decided to flood the Earth after seeing how corrupt it was. He then told Noah to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal species.
After the flood waters receded, the Bible says, the ark came to rest on a mountain. Many believe that Mount Ararat, the highest point in the region, is where the ark and her inhabitants ran aground.
a man and his son are going from europe to america and they are halfway their and the son says dad i dont want to go to america the father replied shut up and keep swimming
yeah rifht these people ar crazy
Those who believe need no proof. Those that need proof don’t believe.
#3, #8, and especially #22 lol 🙂
I’m rollin’!
#3 lol 🙂
Gut gezugt.
Noah’s Ark is to be found in the remains of G-building of Kings County Hospital. Noah himself wanders around there sometimes because he is disoriented ever since they closed G and moved the patients to the new wing.
ha ha
maybe not!
Do thay know the measurments of the wood? b/c the torah says clearly all the measurments
BSD
There is—– a 4000 year old Grape vinyard – on the mountain slopes Of Arrarat–it has stopped production But- [ some bright scientist is going to find a way to regrow it ]
There also hugh turtles that children ride in that area -no jokes
BSD
The book from Charles Berlitz [among other from this author ]re Noahs’ Ark is available on Amazon,Aol-list all his books.with short descriptions.A book on the Philadelphia Experiment or The Aldridge, describes a possible link- to the Rebbes’ working on voiding Radar detection.The concept was mentioned in Proffessor’Branvers[rfah Shlaimah]’Bio of the Rebbe,regarding Sea Missle Planes in a popuiler science Magazine.
Star in the West ,By a Mr Beloit,in 1813 -long islaND LIBRARY PRESS re;Alef Bais ;describes details of the Cherrokkee Indian Tribe ,descending from Jews. .
i buy it
BSD Mr. Charles Berlitz[a family member the famous launguage Study Institute} ,a science researcher from Florida,went to Mount Arrarat from the Turkey side twice , found Noahs’ Ark there over thirty years ago. ,He wrote a full-length book with many pictures of the Ark.,the dimensions 300x 50×30 yards verified, its detailed discovery.I sent the book to the Rebbe in the The early , Shin Mems.Google for it under the Authors’ name Charles Berlitz. 60 Minutes did a movie story on it I believe as wel.i.The Wall Strweet Journal also did a story on it then. A Sheva Mitzvhos ,From Athens… Read more »
I’s rather they find the grape vines, cuz i’d like some of that 4000 year old noah wine.
It was “pimsenholtz”. How helpful is that??
Let’s see a lot of pictures to see the authenticity of all this. It would certainly be as exciting as a UFO landing in our midst.
The Torah says what kind of wood was used. Does it match?
i guess the torah may be true after all
im pretty sure it says in the torah that noah was to bring two of the non kosher animals but 7 of the kosher ones…
Ad mosai? May we merit to see noach and his three children shem chom, and especisally yofes, with the coming of the melech hamoshiach extremely quick in our current days!!!
Were these the same people that discovered the seven cows from Paroh’s dream?
#3
I have ‘Yaacov Avinu’s Ladder’ in my house.
I’m a Kohaine. I’m alway going ‘hecher un hecher.’
moshiach is coming first that now this 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that this is the same finding as the one in Eighties, just now they have done additional lab test, that date the wood from the “Teiva” back 4800 years or so.
very interesting
thats a bit scary
well it does say in the torah that it rested on harei ararat… question is if the mountain they’re calling ararat is the same one since then….
and also – if they say that they found something else in the 80’s, that they thought then was the teivah, but now they’re convinced that this one is it – well then, what was that one????