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It's math that You Tube is apparently incapable of doing. A group of explorers from Hong Kong and Turkey believe they've made a discovery of Biblical proportions. The group say they have found the remnants of Noah's Ark, resting at 13,000 feet atop Mount Ararat. Previous ARK expeditions in decades past have also found evidence that suggested Noah's Ark may have come to rest on Ararat. However, until now, video evidence has been scant. Radio carbon dating, the researchers say, indicates this find is 4,800 years old. If true, THIS is the most significant historical discovery in human history. It will be very telling to see how this story plays out in the main stream media. Category Urartu/Ararat Boundaries | Ararat Archaeology | Ararat Geology | Noah's Ark Presentation | Ararat Cam | Corona Satellite Image | Expedition List | Explorers of Ararat Book | Explorers List | Eyewitness List | Photo Map | Scale of Ark | Wallpaper Mount Ararat 1999 - Courtesy Rob Michelson Mount Ararat is located in Eastern Turkey on the borders of Iran, Armenia (formerly U.S.S.R.), and Nakchivan.

This volcanic mountain rises 5,165 meters or 16,945 feet high, far above the plains that are at 2,000-3,000 feet high, and is the highest location in the ancient territory of Urartu, a region which covered tens of thousands of square miles with hundreds of mountains. Ararat is the newer Armenian name of Urartu from the Hebrew Torah written by Moses (c. 1400 BC), which only included the consonants "rrt". However, the translators of the Bible replaced the "rrt" with the later name, "Ararat" or "Armenia." The Assyrian kings wrote about battles against the Urartian tribes from the thirteenth century BC (c. 1286 BC) until the sixth century BC when Urartu was destroyed by the Medes. The name Urartu then vanished from history (until archaeologists re-discovered it in the 1800s) and was replaced by Ararat and Armenia in the vicinity as well as in English Bible translations, maps, etc.

As history went on in the first and second millenia AD, the mountain became known as Ararat and the region as Armenia. Mount Ararat may be the largest single-mass or volume mountain in the world as it is huge (one really has to see it in person to appreciate its immensity) and rises to 17,000 feet from the plains surrounding it at 2,000-3,000 feet while most other large mountains are in a mountain range with less differential and base circumference. Ararat has only a few native trees growing on it in Ahora village, shrubs around Korhan, and several small forests on Little Ararat. Views differ as to whether Ararat formed much of its size after the flood (post-flood) or partially during the flood with post-flood uplift and lava flows. Some geologists like Clifford Burdick have found pillow lava (lava spewed into water, ice, or snow) up to the 14,000-foot level where the 17-square mile ice cap typically begins. However, since pillow lava may be formed with ice or snow water, it is not a convincing argument for a flood-time mountain creation.

Geologists believe that cylindrical and very steep mountains like Little Ararat show that it is most probably a post-flood mountain. There are also claims of fossils and sedimentary layers on Greater Ararat but these claims have not been backed up with concrete evidence as of this date although there are evidence of fossils in the Ararat valley limestones from both the Geologist Abich and the explorers. From 14,000 feet to 17,000 feet, much of the lava is covered by an ice cap which is about 17 square miles in size and is up to 350 feet deep. As computed by ArcImaging , the coordinates that cover the ice cap area on Mount Ararat are N 39 degrees 41' to N 39 degrees 44', E 44 degrees 15' 30" to E 44 degrees 19' 30". The area of this rectangle is about 31.6 square kilometers. The Mount Ararat region along with the Araxes river valley constitutes a possible beginning location for the archaeology of the Early Transcaucasian culture with its distinctive red-black burnished ware.

There are a number of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age archaeological sites around Mount Ararat in Turkey, Armenia, and Nakchivan. Archaeologists would like to research this area more but the border region is difficult to get permission to research as well as the border breaks up the research area into separate nations... However, ArcImaging was able to secure permission in 2001 for the first archaeological survey of Mount Ararat since the 1980s. The Mount Ararat Archaeological Survey co-authored by Ataturk University Archaeology Professors in Erzurum, Turkey and Rex Geissler of ArcImaging was published in the Summer 2008 Edition of Bible and Spade by Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) . Earliest Historical Reference to Noah's Ark being on Mount Ararat The earliest obvious historical reference to the geography surrounding Noah's Ark landing on Mount Ararat is by the early church historian Philostorgius's account around A.D. 425. The 2007 translation of Philostorgius was edited by Philip R. Amidon, originally from Joseph Bidez, except for the extracts from the Syriac chronicles.

Amidon emphasizes how Philostorgius made great use of the immense library resources of Constantinople in his writings, which should give us more confidence in his geography. How is it that Philostorgius even knows that the Ark landed on the Armenian Mount Ararat in ca. 425 AD if supposedly (as Bailey et al. contend) no one came up with that idea until medieval times and no one ever made such an identification until then?� Amidon states the following in the introduction about Philostorgius: "The learned and fervently Eunomian layman Philostorgius, born in Cappadocia around 368, heartily detested such historiography as may be imagined [this reference is to the Council of Nicaea's Nicene Creed supporters like Rufinus who translated and extended/massaged Eusebius of Caesarea writings into Latin to show support for Nicene Christianity]. The remnants of his writing show a lively intellectual curiosity encouraged by his sectarian creed, whose God is not the hidden deity of Gnosticism but one whose very substance can be known by human reason directed aright.

He obviously drank deeply from the libraries, museums, and archives of Constantinople, his Dissimilarian spectacles bringing into focus a picture of the century preceding that was very unlike the one painted by Rufinus, with whom his own narrative, when he came to write it, was indeed in frequent argument... It appeared sometime between 425 and 433, in twelve books bound in two volumes, its proper period the years from 320 to 425... Philostorgius in fact groups into one 'homoousian' party all those Christians who opposed Eunomianism (in the same way as those of Nicene sympathies like to call 'Arian' anyone who rejected the term 'consubstantial' as used in the Creed of Nicaea)... Such is the central dram of our author's history: the enduring contest between the true monotheistic faith of God's people and the pagan forces arrayed against it. Gnosticism is always the silent partner in the debates between Nicene and Eunomian Christians, the real foe against whom Aetius fought the battle that nearly led to his death. And there is some evidence that this view comes from Eunomius himself.

This being the tenor of Philostorgius's history, it is not surprising that the government that championed the Nicene faith would seek to suppress it, seeing that it had previously ordered the burning of the works of Eunomius, one of the great heroes of his tale... He followed Herodotus's lead in historiography, embroidering his narrative with learned excursions into geography and natural history and in general cultivating style that would recommend him to his readers. The style was no empty show. His immersion in the scholarly resources offered by Constantinople has preserved for us, even in the abridgement of its original work, traditions that are otherwise unknown or that add perspective to matters related elsewhere." Philostorgius stated the following about Noah's Ark and Mount Ararat in Book 3 as epitomized by Photius who according to Amidon "is usually a careful, if hostile, epitomizer, and his editorial glosses can usually be detected": "The Persian Gulf, which is formed by the ocean as it enters there, is huge and is encircled by many nations. The Tigris is one fo the enormous rivers that empty their streams into it at its mouth.

The Tigris seems to have its source in the east, south of the Caspian Sea in Corduena, and it flows past Syria, but when it arrives in the region of Susa, the Euphrates joins its current to it, and so it boils onward, swollen now to a great size. Hence they say it is called "Tigris" after the animal. But before it descends to the sea, it divides into two great rivers, and then it empties into the Persian Gulf from these two mouths at its end, which are divided from each other. It thus cuts off a considerable area of ground in between, making of it an island that is both of the river and of the sea; it is inhabited by a people called the Mesenes. As for the Euphrates River, it appears to take its rise in Armenia, where Mount Ararat is. The mountain is still called by that name by the Armenians. It is where, according to scripture, the ark came to rest, and they say that considerable remnants of its wood and nails are still preserved there.

From there the Euphrates starts as a small stream at first, growing ever larger as it advances and sharing its name with the many rivers that empty into it. It makes its way through Greater and Lesser Armenian and then proceeds on, dividing first the Syria that is properly called Euphratensis and then also the rest of Syria. Having passed through this region, and the remaining part [of Syria], and having broken up the lands through which it passes into a series of convolutions of every sort with its crooked course, it draws near to Arabia. There its way takes it in a circle opposite the Red Sea as it loops around a wide region, after which it turns toward the Caecias wind, midway between north and east. It then heads toward the Tigris River, although it cannot join its whole self to it, but wasting part of itself on the way, it empties the remained of itself into the Tigris quite near Susa, this remainder being a mighty stream quite capable of carrying ships. There it also abandons its name and flows with the Tigris down to the Persian Gulf.

The land between these two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, is called Mesopotamia." Urartu Archaeological Map Borders (Red) with Urartian Archaeological Sites (Orange) based upon Dr. Paul Zimansky's research Since the upper reaches of this volcanic mountain are covered with broken lava rock everywhere and are currently extremely difficult to ascend or descend, its present state makes it a poor location for Noah's Ark to land and for all the animals to easily descend. Some have theorized if the mountain was lower after the flood and then was uplifted later on with more volcanic activity around the parasitic cones similar to Little Ararat. Yet, Mount Ararat has the bulk of the purported eyewitnesses of the boat-like structure since 1850. These "alleged" eyewitnesses are one reason why the search may continue on the mountain. Given the extensive research which has taken place on Mount Ararat, it seems fair to say that if Noah's Ark ever survived into modern times and is somewhere on Ararat, there are few new places remaining on the mountain to search unless it is buried under the ice cap or lava.

There have been many expeditions, accounts, alleged sightings, anomalies, and claims of discovery involving Mount Ararat. What is lacking is any scientific evidence or photo that shows that Noah's Ark survived until today. However, one should also consider the possibility that Noah's Ark landed on Mount Ararat and was subsequently destroyed, which is the possibility alluded to in the article Even If Noah�s Ark Is Not Proven, Noah�s Ark Still Could Have Landed On Mount Ararat . Given all the ground and aerial expeditions (and one with sophisticated mapping capabilities), one should surmise that if the remains of Noah's Ark are indeed on Mount Ararat, they are not in plain view; if the boat is there, it must be buried. There have been 2 attempts that used sub-surface Radar (Ground Penetrating Radar - GPR) technology on Mount Ararat to look under the ice. The 1988 Willis expedition and the 1989 Aaron/Garbe/Corbin expedition used GPR. The 1988 Willis expedition successfully surveyed the eastern summit plateau and the saddle area between the two peaks, concluding there were no Ark remains under the ice.

The 1989 expedition was not as successful as the preceding year, where a less-capable GPR system was used in temperate (melting) ice cap conditions on the western plateau of Mount Ararat. However, they were able to determine the ice depth on the western plateau and scale the size of the Ark. As the next generation of commercial RADAR Satellites become available, the GPR will not be needed and it should be clear if any anomalies are underneath the ice cap. If the remains of Noah's Ark were in moving ice on Mount Ararat (there is only one legitimate glacier, the Black Glacier, though there are other moving ice flows like the so-called Parrot Glacier), the Ark would have been ground to bits. ArcImaging contends that until the entire mountain has been adequately "sub-surface" surveyed using the latest RADAR technology, some people such as the alleged eyewitnesses contended that the Ararat ice cap contains the remains of Noah's Ark since about 90% of the supposed eyewitnesses claim that the boat was sticking out of the ice even though the explorers over the past 50 years did not see the same boat-like structure.

The Urartu/Ararat Boundaries by Rex Geissler, Gordon Franz, and Bill Crouse Mt.Ararat and Noah's Ark Symposium 4 Report 2006 by Gerrit Aalten AREAS OF INTEREST & SPECIFIC ACCOUNTS: NOTE: There is much more detail and resources in the book The Explorers of Ararat: And the Search for Noah's Ark . Northeast The areas of high interest are the Abich II Glacier from between the two summit peaks "the saddle" at 16,500 feet down to 14,000 feet, and then the Ahora Gorge just below. Some information about the Mount Ararat Research Foundation (Aerial Stereophotographic Survey) expedition to the Ahora Gorge page has been added. Northwest and West Some have an interest with an Ararat Anomaly on the rim of the Western Plateau around 15,000 feet. Information and DIA photos regarding this site were obtained by Porcher Taylor using the Freedom of Information Act. Although the CIA statements are interesting, there is nothing visible or very interesting in the photos provided. B.J.

Corbin had a suspicion about the Chuchian site , located on the northwest side of Mt. Ararat in a remote canyon at approximately 13,000 feet but believes that the area is too small. The Western Plateau and Parrot Glacier are two areas of interest, especially since many of the local people pointed to this general vicinity when questioned, possibly because Fernand Navarra brought his wood down from the Parrot Glacier area. An ARF expedition with Navarra, Bill Dougall, Alva Appel, and Bud Crawford in 1968 failed to find any wood. However, a SEARCH expedition with Navarra, Elfred Lee, Bud Crawford, and Hugo Neuberg in 1969 did discover small pieces of wood in a melt pond next to the Parrot Glacier in what was termed the Navarra Ice Pack. Navarra's 1950's guide claimed that Navarra planted the 1955 wood on Ararat. This is a possibility since Navarra was on the mountain in 1952 and 1953 before his 1955 discovery and in 1968 before the 1969 discovery.

Irregardless of where Navarra's wood originated (both wood samples were analyzed to be of the same tree-type), both 1955 and 1969 wood samples were carbon-dated around 1300-1700 years old, far short of any possible Noah's Ark landing. Some people believe that the United States Government or Military has information about Noah's Ark. There is no proof about this despite alleged eyewitnesses. Matthew Kneisler, Rex Geissler, Steve Emse, Porcher Taylor and others have created numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. All except the 1949 photos of the Mount Ararat Anomaly have produced no real documentation. Some of the responses are here. ArcImaging does not believe that wood should be sought or promoted as evidence of Noah's Ark since dating will alway be debated. The only reason to search there on Mount Ararat the first place is because of the alleged eyewitesses over the past 150 years and they claimed to see a boat, not pieces of wood.

Also, even if the wood was dated "early", there would be no way to prove that this "new" wood was a part of Noah's Ark anyway so it would be extremely controversial and debated. Ed Crawford claims a spot near the upper reaches of the Parrot Glacier but there is no evidence that Noah's Ark or a huge man-made structure has survived at this location. As well, an Italian named Angelo Palego claims a spot between the upper reaches of the Parrot Glacier and the Western Plateau at approximately 14,000 feet (4300 meters). However, as with other alleged sites, Palego has provided no scientific evidence to back up his claims. Palego associate and webmaster Francesco Arduini says that after there was some confusion with doctored photographs adding Noah's Ark without proper labeling on a previous website, Palego has now authorized the Official Angelo Palego website . Eastern Summit Area In 1988, Dr. Charles Willis virtually eliminated the Eastern Plateau and a portion of the "saddle" area between the two peaks as a possible resting place for Noah's Ark, using sub-surface radar and polar ice drilling.

The proximity to the Iranian and Armenian borders, and the military conflict between Turkish soldiers and terrorists on and near Mount Ararat, make it extremely difficult to obtain permission to do scientific research on the mountain because terrorists like to cross from Iran and hide on the mountain before they go elsewhere in Turkey. Because of this, Mount Ararat is a second-degree military zone and few foreigners have been legally allowed on it since 1990. In 2001, ArcImaging was the first organization to receive Federal Turkish Permission to conduct archaeological research on Mount Ararat since 1990. If you have valuable information to share or disclose, please contact the Noah's Ark Search.com Research Group or ArcImaging . [an error occurred while processing this directive] s Mount Ararat - All About Turkey Home > Regions of Turkey > Eastern Anatolia > Mount Ararat Mount Ararat Ararat is located at Agri in eastern Turkey near the Armenian and Iranian borders. As the crow flies, it is about 250 kilometers east of Erzurum , 130 kilometers southeast of Kars , and 160 kilometers north of Van .

The main road between Turkey and Iran goes from Erzurum through Dogubayazit (just south of Ararat) to Tabriz. The summit of Mt. Ararat is 5,165 meters above sea level. It is higher than any mountain in the continental United States except for Alaska or in Europe outside the Caucasus. Ararat is a dormant volcano; the last eruption was on June 2, 1840. At present the upper third of the mountain is covered with snow all the time; the last hundred meters of snow at the top have turned to ice. For climbers on the mountain, fresh running water is available after the sun has been up a while to melt the snow, but it is cut off in the late afternoon when cold air has overcome the heat of the sun. Below the snow the slopes are covered with great blocks of black basalt rock, some as large as village houses. Over the years various groups have explored Ararat in the hopes of finding remains of Noah's Ark. Both Josephus in about 70 A.D. and Marco Polo about 1300 A.D. mention its existence on the mountain, but their reports are based on others' accounts.

Josephus remarks that its remains are on display for all to see without need of an organized exploration. In more recent years many groups have hunted for it there. The possibility that ancient fables are historical fact is intriguing, and each new discovery of truth in previously discredited records gives additional strength to continuing the search for archaeological confirmation. However, the problems of establishing exactly what the biblical record in this case means are serious ones that need to be settled even before one accepts this particular high mountain as the right place to look for the ark. In itself even that ignores the possibility that Noah and his family used up the ark in bits and pieces to build their new homes, a fate that has destroyed many other famous structures in the Near East since. The story of Noah's ark, as it is told in the Bible, is a reworking of an earlier Babylonian myth recorded in the Gilgamesh Epic. The hero of the earlier version is one Utnapishtim, the favorite of Ea, the god of wisdom. It seems probable that the Babylonian story was based on an unusually devastating flood in the Euphrates (Firat) River basin, and that the ark in it grounded on the slopes of one of the Zagros mountains.

The biblical word that we read as "Ararat" could as well be read " Urartu "; the text has merely "rrt" and the proper vowels must be supplied. Urartu was the name of a historical kingdom, but the word also meant "a land far away" and "a place in the north." So, while Buyuk Agri Dagi is a spectacular mountain and not a difficult one to climb for those experienced in high altitude exercise, it still seems less than likely that Noah's Ark will be found there. That doubt does not detract from the continuing interest in it, nor from the important achievements of archaeologists in deepening our understanding of the Old Testament . On the north side, Ararat has its roots in the Araxes (Aras) River valley. There it rises from the valley elevation of about 760 meters above sea level. In that area the Araxes River is the border demarcation between Turkey and Armenia. The top of the mountain is only about 30 kilometers from the border. For some years both the Turkish and the Soviet governments have been touchy about foreigners exploring on Ararat because of military security precautions. Therefore it was difficult to get permission to climb it for sports fans.

On 1st of November 2004 Ararat Mountain and surroundings were declared as the 35th National Park of Turkey by the Government so it's believed that it will attract more visitors and help to the local economy as well. So far there are no ski resorts on the mountain but you never know, maybe one day... The nearest one is on Bubi Mountain which is open from December till April. If one has that permission, it is best to plan the trip starting from Dogubayazit on the south, a saving of more than a kilometer in climbing . One can start from Dogubayazit by jeep or sturdy station wagon, traveling across the valley to the base of the mountain where pre-engaged local guides will meet the party. The average hiker who is experienced in high altitudes can make the climb in three days, but it is better to plan four days to allow for exploration of the summit . Late August is the best season. All About Turkey © Burak Sansal 1996–2016, a certified professional tour guide in Turkey. Contact Burak at info@allaboutturkey.com for all kinds of regular and/or private travel services throughout the country.

Noah's Ark Found in Turkey? Noah's Ark Found in Turkey? The expedition team is "99.9 percent" sure. Others, well, aren't. View Images Near the top of Mount Ararat (seen from Armenia in a file photo) in Turkey, explorers claim to have found Noah's ark. Photograph by Martin Gray, National Geographic A team of evangelical Christian explorers claim they've found the remains of Noah's ark beneath snow and volcanic debris on Turkey 's Mount Ararat (map) . Related Content (See "Noah's Ark Discovered in Iran?" and "Noah's Ark Quest Dead in Water—Was It a Stunt?" ) "I don't know of any expedition that ever went looking for the ark and didn't find it," said Paul Zimansky , an archaeologist specializing in the Middle East at Stony Brook University in New York State. Turkish and Chinese explorers from a group called Noah's Ark Ministries International made the latest discovery claim Monday in Hong Kong, where the group is based.

"It's not 100 percent that it is Noah's ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it," Yeung Wing-cheung, a filmmaker accompanying the explorers, told The Daily Mail. Raw Video: Purported Site of Noah's Ark in Turkey (Courtesy Noah's Ark Ministries International) Noah's Ark Location in Turkey a Secret The team claims to have found in 2007 and 2008 seven large wooden compartments buried at 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, near the peak of Mount Ararat. They returned to the site with a film crew in October 2009. Many Christians believe the mountain in Turkey is the final resting place of Noah's ark, which the Bible says protected Noah, his family, and pairs of every animal species on Earth during a divine deluge that wiped out most of humanity. "The structure is partitioned into different spaces," said Noah's Ark Ministries International team member Man-fai Yuen in a statement. "We believe that the wooden structure we entered is the same structure recorded in historical accounts. ...

" The team says radiocarbon-dated wood taken from the discovery site—whose location they're keeping secret for now—shows the purported ark is about 4,800 years old, which coincides roughly with the time of Noah's flood implied by the Bible. (Related: "'Noah's Flood' May Have Triggered European Farming." ) "Noah's Ark" Wood "Way, Way, Way Too Young" Skepticism of the new Noah's ark claim extends to at least one scholar who interprets the Bible literally. Biologist Todd Wood is director of the Center for Origins Research at Bryan College in Tennessee, which pursues biology in a creationist framework. As a creationist, Wood believes God created Earth and its various life-forms out of nothing roughly 6,000 years ago. "If you accept a young chronology for the Earth ... then radiocarbon dating has to be reinterpreted," because the method often yields dates much older than 6,000 years, Wood said. Radiocarbon dating estimates the ages of organic objects by measuring the radioisotope carbon 14, which is known to decay at a set rate over time.

The method is generally thought to reach its limit with objects about 60,000 years old. Earth is generally thought to be about four and a half billion years old. Across the board, radiocarbon dates need to be recalibrated, Wood believes, to reflect shorter time frames. Given this perceived overestimation in radiocarbon dating, the wood the Noah's Ark Ministries International team found should have a "traditional" radiocarbon date of several tens of thousands of years if the wood is truly 4,800 years old, Wood said. "I'm really, really skeptical that this could possibly be Noah's Ark," he added. The wood date is "way, way, way too young." Wood thinks Noah's ark will never be found, because "it would have been prime timber after the flood," he said. "If you just got off the ark, and there's no trees, what are you going to build your house out of? You've got a huge boat made of wood, so let's use that," he said.

"So I think it got torn apart and scavenged for building material basically." (Related: National Geographic's search for Noah's flood .) "Noah's Ark" Found in Right Country, on Wrong Mountain? Another reason scholars are skeptical of the latest Noah's ark discovery claim is that Genesis—the first book of the Bible—never specifies which peak the vessel supposedly landed on in Turkey. "The whole notion is odd, because the Bible tells you the ark landed somewhere in Urartu,"—an ancient kingdom in eastern Turkey—"but it's only later that people identified Mount Ararat with Urartu," said Jack Sasson , a professor of Jewish and biblical studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. Stony Brook's Zimansky agreed. "Nobody associated that mountain with the ark" until the tenth century B.C., he said, adding that there's no geologic evidence for a mass flood in Turkey around 4,000 years ago. (See "'Noah's Flood' Not Rooted in Reality, After All?" ) The Noah's Ark Ministries International explorers are "playing in a very different ballpark than the rest of us," Zimansky said.

"They're playing without any concern for" the archaeological, historical, and geological records. Better Explanations for "Noah's Ark" Structure? Even if the Noah's Ark Ministries International team did find a wooden structure or even a boat on Mount Ararat, there are other explanations for what the structure might be. For example, it could be a shrine constructed by early Christians to commemorate the site where they believed Noah's Ark should be, Zimansky said. Even in that speculative case, it wouldn't be 4,000 years old. "The Bible hadn't even been written yet," he said. Bible scholar Sasson said he thinks biblical writers intended the story of Noah's ark to be allegorical, not a true recounting of historical events. By presenting a scenario in which humanity is punished for its wickedness, "they were trying to draw us to the notion of a God who asks us to be acceptable," Sasson said. In what modern country is mount Ararat? - Science Mathematics In what modern country is mount Ararat? HOME > > In what modern country is mount Ararat? In what modern country is mount Ararat?

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 14-04-10] [Hit: ] - Eastern Turkey. It's on the border between Turkey and Armenia and Iran. In the early to mid 1990s the area was declared a no go area for archeologists looking for traces of Noah's Ark during the height of PKK (Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan) activities. - Noah's Ark Overview Above: 35 minute video from 4 hour DVD, Revealing God's Treasure The Biblical Location There is only one verse in the Bible which gives us a hint of where we the ark came to rest, "the ark rested...upon the mountains of Ararat." Genesis 8:4. Where is Ararat? The name Ararat is a large area or ancient country covering eastern Turkey, western Iran and western Russia, as shown in yellow below. "The name Ararat, as it appears in the Bible, is the Hebrew equivalent of ...Urartu, ancient country of southwest Asia...mentioned in Assyrian sources from the early 13th century BC" Encyclopaedia Britanica 15th ed.

Some have mistakenly assumed the Bible meant the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat (Agri Dagh), but that is not the case. Mount Ararat is 17,000 feet tall, and is a post-Flood volcanic mountain that gained its height after the Flood, therefore there is no reason to assume it is a more likely candidate for the resting place of the ark, instead it is a less likely candidate. The ark came to rest in the mountains of the ancient country of Urartu, not on Mt. Ararat. The Ancient Historical Record Flavius Josephus, c. 90 AD, the famous Jewish historian stated, "Its remains are shown there by the inhabitants to this day." He quotes Berosus the Chaldean, c. 290 BC, who indicated tourists would take home pieces of the ark for making good-luck charms, "It is said there is still some part of this ship in Armenia, at the mountain of the Cordyaeans; and that some people carry off pieces of the bitumen, which they take away, and use chiefly as amulets for the averting of mischiefs." These comments tend to indicate its location would not be in an inaccessible area.

At some point, the ark was covered by a mud and lava flow which caused future generations to lose its location. Life Magazine 1960 The 1960 expedition to the ark found a formation whose top sides were even with ground level as seen in the photos above. The site researched by Ron Wyatt is 18.2 miles south of Mount Ararat at the elevation of 6,524 ft., in the "mountains of Ararat." A Turkish captain, Llhan Durupinar, was reviewing NATO Geodetic Survey photographs of the area in 1959, and noticed a boat shaped formation. Others in the U.S. then analyzed the photograph including Dr. Arthur J. Brandenburger, world famous expert in photogrammetry, who said "I have no doubt at all that this object is a ship. In my entire career I have never seen an object like this on a stereo photo. Even the approximate length of the object fits" The Ark File, p118. An expedition sponsored by a party from the U.S. included among others, Rene Noorbergen, later author of The Ark File; and George Vandeman, evangelist, and Dr. Brandenburger.

They made a visual inspection of the site and conducted no scientific studies, only some digging and dynamiting of the ark and and mistakenly concluded this site was just an "odd geological formation." The expedition was expecting to find on the surface of the ark "petrified beams" The Ark File, p126, by digging in a few places. An article then appeared in the September 5th, 1960, Life magazine, shown above, revealing a very impressive aerial photo of an extremely large boat-shaped object, plus two photos taken by the expedition. Seventeen years later in 1977, Mr. Wyatt made his first of 24 trips to the ark, and he was impressed that this really was the remains of Noah's Ark! In the research he performed over the next 15 years, Mr. Wyatt successfully performed metal detection tests and subsurface radar scans of the site, and he proved this site really IS the mud-and-lava covered remains of Noah's Ark! Above: Ron Wyatt in 1977 wanted to visit the area to find the ark, but none of the 1960 group could tell him where it was located, just some where near Mt. Ararat.

Ron had three days in the area, so he and his two sons prayed that the Lord would help them. They hired a taxi and started driving around, then the taxi stalled. They were surprised, and quickly piled up stones to mark the spot. The car then started and they drove off. This happened three times. The next day Ron went back to the piles of stones and walked out from them. He found the ark, the anchor stones that you will see, and the remains of Noah's house. God had performed miracles to partner with Ron in revealing this amazing discovery. Government Confirmation: Visitors' Center Opened The Turkish government has double-verified Mr. Wyatt's tests, and they have given him credit for the discovery. The announcement appeared in Turkey's largest newspaper on June 21, 1987. The area was first designated a National Park, and then it was upgraded to the status of a National Treasure. The government has built a visitors' center overlooking the site and issued official tourist brochures so people of all races can come and see the ark! Above: Visitors' Center, overlooks the ark site which is to the left. photo Kevin Fisher Above: Inside the Visitors' Center at Noah's Ark National Park.

The Announcement of the Discovery Translation of newspaper article announcing the discovery of Noah's Ark: "THE NOAH'S ARK OPENED TO TOURISM. The surrounding area of a ship-like soil pile nearby the village of Uzengili within the township of Dogubeyazit as a national park. Dogubeyazit - The American Academics confirmed the soil pile nearby the village of Uzengili in the township of Dogubeyazit is Noah's Ark. The surrounding area is declared to be a national park and it is opened to tourism. 15 Km away from Dogubeyazit at the village of Uzengili, Ronal Eldon Wyatt and his colleagues, an American research group, made researches after their Turkish colleagues completed their investigations. Upon analyzing the soil structure and finding specific iron pieces and particles, the American researchers concluded that Noah's Ark is located at Uzengili village. With a ceremony attended by the Governor of Agri Province, Subgovernor of Dogubeyazit township, the Mayor Usha, Mr. Osman Baydar and the local and foreign scientists and researchers and a group of citizens, the Noah's Ark is opened to touristic visits.

The Governor Serket Ekinci said, "In recent years, Turkey has become one of the countries to be visited in worldwide tourism. It is assured that the Noah's Ark, mentioned in Quran and the Bible, is located here. I am honored to pen this area having the Noah's Ark which attracts attentions of millions in the world. I owe our thanks to those national and foreign scientists and researchers contributed to the researches so as to locate Noah's Ark. At the social facilities to be built, we will accommodate local and foreign tourists and have our country make hard currency." translation courtesy Val Smith Government sign directs your way to the ark Kevin Fisher standing in the "Valley of Eight" along the main highway, this government sign points your way to "Noah's Big Boat" and away from the infamous Mt. Ararat. The ark rests in the direction of the sign, up on "Doomsday Mountain" 5 Km up the mountain rests Noah's pride and joy. Above: Using our zoom lens from the road in the valley, we can see the ark at left and the visitors' center roof at right. In the distance is the Iranian guard tower. photo Kevin Fisher The Length Matches the Biblical Record!

Noah's Ark at 515 feet compared to the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier. Graphics Mark Johnson ArkFind.com The length of the ruins of the ark is 515 ft., which is exactly 300 Egyptian cubits (20.6 inches)! Moses was schooled in Egypt and was not familiar with the Hebrew cubit which was not even in existence when Moses wrote Genesis. So the Egyptian cubit was used by Moses when describing the measurements of the ark. The brown material above represents the outline and shape of the ark today. The Bible said there were three levels, and based upon the present depth of the ark, it may have originally appeared as shown above. (diagram courtesy anchorstone.com) Pre-earthquake photo The photo above shows the ark deeply embedded in the surrounding terrain. In 1978, when Mr. Wyatt was returning to Nashville, he prayed that God would send an earthquake to "excavate" the site. When arriving in Nashville the headlines read, "Earthquake in Eastern Turkey." The earth dropped from around the sides of the ark, defining the formation more clearly and making it more accessible for research.

Above: We can see how the earth has dropped around the sides of the ark. photo Kevin Fisher Metal Used in the Ark! The ark contains a large amount of metal fittings which were used to secure the large timbers together. These two photos below are from our October 2000, trip to the site. Notice how there was once two large rivet fasteners, but now only one is left. A large metal plate was positioned behind the rivets. I received a positive metal reading when passing the metal detector over the rivets. We should not be surprised to find metal alloys used in the ark, because Genesis 4:22 states, "Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron." photos Kevin Fisher (Left) Ron Wyatt found a beautiful specimen of one of the metal rivets used on the ark. It was tested and found to contain high-tech metal alloys, such as titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, etc. Critics have said Ron did not find this fine specimen on the ark but just manufactured it. Well, as you will see below, we found the same objects and had them tested. They too proved to have the same metals, in the same percentages!

(Below) Two rough rivets in lower portion of photo. photo Kevin Fisher Our Own Metal Samples Tested Lab Report Shows Our Rivet Contains Man-Made Metals! Below is what is shown above. It appears to be part of a large washer that would have been slipped over a shaft and then secured on the shaft by flaring out the end of the shaft. We have drawn circles on the photo to demonstrate the circular effect in the specimen. The surrounding material on the side of the ark around this object had a greenish color. Assuming a circular shape, this sample would be the same size as the rivet found by Mr. Wyatt. (The photo at right is of the rivet as we found it on the ark) Galbraith Laboratories of Knoxville Tennessee has tested the specimen for three metals I requested. I asked them to test for aluminum metal, iron metal, and titanium metal. It costs $60 to test for each metal requested. The results show 8.35 % iron metal, 8.35% aluminum metal, and 1.59% titanium metal. ALUMINUM AND TITANIUM METALS ARE NOT FOUND IN NATURE!!! THIS OBJECT IS MAN-MADE, USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY!!

These results are similar to those produced in the analysis of the rivet found by Mr. Wyatt. Since the specimen is fossilized, it is assumed a large portion of it is now silica replacement, reducing the percentage of metal that was originally in it when it was made. These rivets are found in several locations on the outside of the Ark, and are probably buried inside the Ark by the hundreds or thousands. In comparison to others, this specimen is in poor condition. with aluminum metal! The second item I had tested by the lab reveals that is is also man-made. It was found on the side of the ark. It produced positive metal readings with my metal detector when I was at the site. Later in Istanbul, I tested it with a magnet which produced an attraction to it. It appears to have been flared out (left photo) by pounding the center when it was hot. The left hand photo is facing us the way it appeared on the starboard side of the Ark. Notice the side view (right view) which shows the tapering effect. Test results from Galbraith Labs, completed in June 2001, reveal it has man-made aluminum metal in it!

It contains 8.08 percent aluminum metal, 8.24 percent iron metal, 1.34 percent titanium metal, and 3.82 percent magnesium metal. Click on link below to read lab report. This may be the end of a metal rod. Turkish officials reported removing four foot long metal rods from the site. Metal Bracket In May, 1985, Dr. John Baumgardner of Los Alomas Labs, was inspecting the ark with a metal detector when he became startled and said, "Undecomposed Iron!" A rectangular beam was protruding from the side of the ark, with iron flakes. He found a beautiful right angled wrought iron bracket which had been stretched and hammered, showing preferential gradiance. John tested it at Los Alomas Labs and it was found to be 91.84% iron FE203. Ballast? Below is a suspected piece of metal ballast that may have been thrown into the bottom of the ark when the craftsmen were through forming metal brackets and had metal waste left over. Notice the concave features on almost every side, where other pieces of ballast were pressed against it when it was still hot.

I found this next to the ark. (Two photos of same item.) Metal Wedge? This appears to be some manganese ballast which was poured into the hull in a liquid state, then hardened and took the curvature of the hull (right photo). It has a coating on the convex side, while the flat side appears to be metal. Found a few feet away from the ark. Ballast Found by Wyatt This is an example of the metal ballast that has been found in the hull of the ark. It is made up of manganese primarily, which is a by-product of forming magnesium that was used in the metal rivets. Found by Ron Wyatt. Vertical Rib Timbers on the Sides Above: On the left are some of the vertical rib timbers on the outside of the ark. photo Kevin Fisher Above: A close-up shot of the petrified timbers, on western, starboard side. photo Kevin Fisher The port or eastern side of the ark, near the front, was scraped off by Ron in an effort to view the timbers without loose, crumbling material in the way. This process revealed the lighter color rib timbers in a systematic, vertical pattern.

You can see a darker, curved pattern across the top, which represents the remnants of a large keelson. (photo courtesy anchorstone.com) Deck Posts Above: Standing on the ark, we see the western, starboard, inside of the ark, which boasts these horizontal deck support posts extending above the matrix material in the center and right portions of this photo. photo Kevin Fisher Above: Diagram of the ark based upon radar scans Convex Symmetrical Deck Above: The symmetrical shape of the ark can been seen from the rear, with a center mound that is the deck area that has collapsed, and the port and starboards side to the left and right. A boy can be seen at the rear. photo Kevin Fisher The Petrified Wood This example of the petrified wood shows distinct right angles and the wood grain of the wood. Specimen found by Ron Wyatt. A close-up photo of an 18 inch deck plank unearthed before Turkish officials by Ron Wyatt and features three distinct layers of wood with glue protruding from the end. It was tested and proved to be petrified wood. It is 18 inches in length and has a few visible nails. It is made of three layers of wood with dark pitch on top.

At the bottom right you can see dark spots which may be consistent with Pecky Cypress wood, so this may be the gopher wood described in the biblical account. This deck timber was analyzed at Galbraith Labs in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was found to have a total carbon content of 0.7100%. From this figure you would deduct the inorganic carbon of 0.0081%, leaving 0.7019% organic carbon, which is a much higher level of organic carbon than inorganic, so this indicates this was once living matter. photo Kevin Fisher Original Location Graphics courtesy Mark Johnson The ark originally came to rest higher on the mountain after the Flood. At some point in the first two thousand years of resting in the mountains of Ararat, a volcano erupted above the ark and moved the ark further down the mountain and then impaled it on a rock outcropping where it rests today. The ark rests on Cesnakidag Mountain, which is interpreted as "Doomsday" Mountain. The Flood would be considered a real "doomsday" since it destroyed the world.

The mountain is made of sedimentary cretaceous water laid rock, which means it was formed by the Flood waters and is not a post Flood formation. Above: This is the alcove, in the center and rear, where the ark came to rest originally, higher on the mountain. In the distance straight ahead is the Iranian guard tower. To the left on the ridge is the Turkish guard tower. If you walk up here there is a good chance you will be arrested by the Turks, as has already happened. photo Kevin Fisher Artifacts found inside the Ark Core Drill by Ron Wyatt A look inside Noah's Ark! This is a look through the six inch diameter core drill Ron Wyatt performed years ago. It leads to a chamber which contained petrified animal dung coprolite (below), cat hair, the base of an antler (below), human hair, and man-made fiber that is similar to fiber optic. Ron closed it up to prevent contamination inside. photos Kevin Fisher Various Pictures Crumbling Apart This photo was taken of the side of the ark. You will find petrified wood and mud matrix material.

(Left) Perhaps a petrified piece of fruit, or some other object, 3 1/2" diameter, found in the bow of the deck. (Right) Black seeds? at top of fruit. photos Kevin Fisher Google Earth Image of the Ark Visitors' Center seen toward top, ark at bottom center. 39 26' 26.09" N and 44 14' 04.29" E In November 2000, a separate group takes GPS readings to calculate the length of the ark Ostracon or carving on pottery shard, depicts man building something, Found by an archaeologist 60 feet from ark Above: Ostracon image of man hammering Below: Image of man releasing birds photos Kevin Fisher Above: Turkish postcard of the Dogubayazit area, featuring Noah's big boat, on left. The Village of Eight & the Anchor Stones Another location where the taxi stalled Above: Our drawing of one way the anchor stones would operate. What are anchor stones? They hung from ships to act as additional ballast, or to help point the bow in a certain direction.

Kevin Fisher stands next to a typical anchor stone found in the Mediterranean area, much smaller than those which were used on Noah's Ark. Above: Large anchor stone with Mt. Ararat in distance, and Dr. Robert Michelson of Georgia Tech inspecting the stone. The stones were cut off in this area, then the ark floated more freely to its final landing place about 12 miles away. photo Kevin Fisher What's Next? An excavation permit to dig into the ark has never been issued by the Turkish government, preventing thorough documentation of the site. Future plans to excavate the ark mandate a building must first be constructed over the entire 515 ft. long structure, with the entire project estimated to cost $3-4 million. The money has yet to be raised. Partial documentation of this site has periodically appeared on The 700 Club, 20/20, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, CNN, Encounters, and various local Christian TV stations, but Ron Wyatt never had his own documentary shown on national television.

Ark viewed from rear, pointed front in distance Google Map of Mount Ararat, Turkey - Nations Online Project ___ Famous Landmarks: Sacred Mountains - Satellite View of Mount Ararat, Turkey Mount Ararat with its two major cones, Lesser Ararat (left) and Greater Ararat (right). About Mount Ararat (Agri Dagh) Satellite view is showing Mount Ararat, a dormant complex volcano in Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey close to the border to Armenia , about 60 km south of Armenia's capital Yerevan . One of the mountain's two peaks the Greater Ararat, is with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft) the tallest peak in Turkey. According to the book of Genesis, which is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, Noah's Ark came to rest at the mountains of Ararat. "In the seventh month the Ark rests on the mountains of Ararat, and in the tenth month the tops of the mountains are seen". (Genesis 8:4) Noah was the tenth and last of the pre-flood Patriarchs (Adam was the first).

GOD briefed Noah in a private conversation about HIS plans to wipeout the entire humanity and to return Earth to its pre-Creation state of watery chaos by inundating the whole f**** planet. HE then gave Noah detailed instructions how to build the vessel. When the mighty ship was completed, angels took over to gather all the required animals to the ship, together with their food. In the selfsame day Noah entered the ark, together with his wife, his sons, and the three wives of his sons. Noah was then just aged 600. But Noah's landing site at Mount Ararat/Agri Dagh is disputed for a variety of reasons. Firstly, was there really a GOD sent planetary wide great deluge (which of course also would have wiped out the Garden of Eden), in an act of divine retribution, because HIM was unhappy with HIS creation? Secondly, there is a lack of evidents both, in historical tradition and physical evidents, that Mount Ararat was in fact the scene where the ark came to rest.

In Syrian tradition, as well as in Quranic tradition, the specific summit of the "Mountains of Ararat" where Noah's ark landed is identified as Mount Judi/Cudi Dagh in today Şırnak Province near the city of Cizre, some 500 km southwest of Mount Ararat in the Southeastern Anatolia Region in Turkey (zoom out to find the location of Mount Judi/Cudi Dagh). Throughout human history there were myths about great floods. In Hindu mythology, there was Sraddhadeva, the king of Dravida and the progenitor of the current humanity. Forewarned about the flood by Matsya, one of the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, he saved humanity by building a boat that carried his family and the seven sages to safety (sounds familiar?). φ Latitude, λ Longitude (of Map center; move the map to see coordinates): , Is all that wood on Mount Ararat really from Noah’s Ark?

Print More than a year and a half since Christian explorers trumpeted their alleged discovery of Noah’s Ark atop Mount Ararat in Turkey, a war of words is escalating among fellow believers who call the claim an intentional deception that will disparage an actual find of the biblical vessel. In this photo from Noah’s Ark Ministries International, an explorer is purported to be investigating a wooden structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that it says may be the remnant of Noah’s Ark mentioned in the Bible. “Every false report undermines the potential of a true discovery by bolstering the critical view that Noah’s Ark is a myth and therefore cannot be found,” says a new report issued by the Virginia-based World of the Bible Ministries . “Every false report further diminishes the potential of a true discovery by constantly exciting the public consciousness with a sensational claim that fails to deliver.

The ‘cry-wolf syndrome’ then takes effect in society so that no one really cares even when the real thing is finally found.” In April 2009, WND reported that Chinese and Turkish explorers with Noah’s Ark Ministries International , or NAMI, said they were “99.9 percent sure” they found the remnants of the legendary biblical vessel high up on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. The 15-member team said it recovered wooden specimens from a structure at an altitude of 13,000 feet and that carbon dating suggested it was 4,800 years old. Several compartments, some with wooden beams, were said to be inside and could have been used to house animals. Some video has been posted on YouTube and can be seen here: Within a day, some seasoned archaeologists who made numerous expeditions to Mount Ararat threw cold water on the claim .

Now, after further investigation on Mount Ararat, Randall Price, a Judaic studies expert at Liberty University, and geologist Don Patton have issued an in-depth critique on the matter, standing firm in their contention the evidence shown to international news media was actually material transported from the northeastern Turkish town of Trabzon near the Black Sea, and transplanted atop Ararat as part of a movie production about Noah’s Ark. Kurdish guide Ahmet Ertugral, also known as Parasut (Parachute) for his trademark mustache. The report places much of the blame for the scheme on Kurdish guide and former Price colleague Ahmet Ertugrul, nicknamed “Parasut” (pronounced parachute), for his large, parachute-like mustache: According to one source some of the wood came from an old barn, however, other sources said the large wood came from an old ferryboat … The wood was carried by large trucks to 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) and then by horses to 3,700 meters (12,100 feet). Then each worker carried two pieces of wood until all of it was at the site.

They started by putting the wood on the ground to make floors. Then they made sides and finally a roof. There is a ladder in one cave that leads down to the wood. The workers took ash and rubbed it on the wood to make it look old. They piled up snow against the wood frame they built and let the rain, ice, and snow cover everything inside and out. Rocks and other things fell on the roof and one caved in. Wood seen in this crevasse was transported to Mount Ararat from another region of Turkey, alleges archaeologist Randall Price and Don Patton. The government may or may not have known about the transportation of the wood and the construction of the structures, but, as our source said, the government is only interested in furthering tourism since the economy is so poor, so they probably wouldn’t care or say even if they knew. The workers said they worked on the inside for one month from around November 1 to December. Parasut took many old things to put into places in the structure like stone bowls, seeds, and a rock.

The piece of old wood that the Chinese gave to be tested was just a single piece that came from Alamut, a 3,500-year-old castle located 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the city of Esfahan, Iran. Parasut also put straw and other things on the floors. When the people heard on the news that Parasut claimed to have found the ark many of them laughed, but others said they would keep quiet because it would be good to bring in the tourists. … They were told they were building a “movie set” and that the movie people would arrive to film what they made. According to them, Parasut himself never actually went to the site, but continually asked them for details to be sure everything was looking good. They only came forth to tell their story once they learned that the movie makers were claiming their “movie set” was the real thing! They did not want to be considered “a liar like Parasut.” They did not want to be thought of as “bad people.” However, because they live in close proximity to Parasut and continue to work on Mt. Ararat, they have asked that their identities not be revealed.

This is a dangerous part of the world and there is a lot of money at stake and Parasut is not someone to be trifled with. Noah’s Ark Ministries International is firing back at the report, stating, “We are very disappointed and enraged by some Christian scholars, who used partially factual, and plausible-yet-false materials, piled into an article looking like a scholarly report, with bold titles accusing NAMI of making a fraud. It severely maligned and hurt this organization and the exploration-team members. … “Most of the materials in it are based on creating or speculating a story line, by connecting the fragments of facts publicized by this organization at different situations, and put into a made-up beginning and end, and compiled into a document that misleads readers.” Is this a beam from Noah’s Ark? Explorers with Noah’s Ark Ministries International have released this photo of a wooden structure it says it has documented at an altitude of 13,000 feet on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. This photo of what is alleged to be wood inside a possible site of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat reveals apparent cobwebs, which archaeologists and geologists are questioning.

Among the items in dispute is a photo of a “fossilized wood sample.” NAMI says Price’s suggestion it was a fraud is “absurd,” explaining, “Anyone with some knowledge of photography knows that the color of the objects in the picture can be influenced by the light setting and photographic techniques. If we were trying to commit a fraud, as they say, why would we display the actual object?” This sample is alleged to have been doctored to appear as if it were wood, according to U.S. archaeologist Randall Price. Price responded, “It is not possible to produce in a photo such complete saturation in a brown color from an almost pure white original object. There is no question that the photo was presented in this manner so as to look like wood rather than rock in their publication, and therefore is an intentional deception.” Photographs from 2008 showing cobwebs, straw and clumps of vegetation. Archaeologist Randall Price and geologist Don Patton cast doubt on the claims of the Kurdish guide “Parasut” since the cave in which they were found is subject to annual flooding and refreezing in an active, moving glacier.

NAMI also complained about a photo showing Patton holding a piece of wood claimed to be from the NAMI site. American geologist Don Patton holds a piece of wood he claims has been manipulated to deceive people into thinking Noah’s Ark has been found. “We have no way to verify the origin of the wood, but we have reason to suspect that the wood is an intentionally created false evidence for the purpose of maligning us,” NAMI said. In a dispute of biblical proportions such as this, money often becomes a factor, and Price and Patton are complaining the publicity over NAMI’s alleged discovery is having a ripple effect on churches, Christian schools and Creation ministries in the U.S. and China: “We have letters from church pastors, seminary presidents, and missionaries in China who are opposed to NAMI raising large sums of money from Christians through their film and testimony without providing the evidence necessary to prove their claim.” Price actually thinks Noah’s Ark might be at another location he’s been personally investigating at an elevation of 16,800 feet on Mount Ararat. “A ground-penetrating radar survey has successfully located a large man-made structure we believe to be wood at the 16,800 elevation,” said the Price and Patton report.

“We mention this in closing simply to remove the frequent accusation that we are jealous of the NAMI team for having made a discovery. Our motive has only been to set the record straight with respect to the private knowledge we possessed concerning Parasut and the NAMI research so that the Christian faith may not be tarnished as the result of a fraudulent scheme.” Hoaxes are nothing new when it comes to searches for Noah’s Ark. Among the best-known scams is one from 1993, when California actor George Jammal deliberately duped CBS Television and the filmmakers of “The Incredible Discovery of Noah’s Ark” into believing he saw and touched the vessel on Mount Ararat. The Press-Telegram of Long Beach, Calif., was among those documenting a Noah’s Ark hoax perpetrated by Southern California actor George Jammal in 1993. Jammal admitted cooking wood from railroad tracks in sauce to create “sacred wood” he claimed he had retrieved from the biblical vessel on Mount Ararat. According to the Internet Movie Database , Jammal “made the hoax as blatant as possible, making up persons with names such as ‘the Armenian friend, Mr.

Allis Buls Hitian’ or ‘my dear Polish companion Vladimir Sobitchsky,’ and cooking a piece of pine in sauce to present it as ‘a piece of the ark’ – and yet his story was presented as the real thing and shown as the key testimony in the video; after some time, humiliating its makers, Jammal publicly revealed the details of his hoax.” Meanwhile, there are those who suspect Noah’s Ark is not on Mount Ararat itself, but on another peak some 15 miles away, where a boat-shaped object sits on a mountain in Dogubayazit, Turkey. Many believe this might be Noah’s Ark, already found on a mountain near Mount Ararat (courtesy: wyattmuseum.com). It was first photographed in 1959 by a Turkish air-force pilot on a NATO mapping mission, and gained worldwide attention after its image was published in a 1960 issue of Life Magazine. Ark-hunter Richard Rives of Tennessee-based Wyatt Archaeological Research summarized evidence for the possibility that site could be the resting place of the ship, indicating: A boat-shaped object 300 cubits in length can plainly be seen in the mountains of Ararat or Urartu.

Visible, equable, and symmetrical features can be examined. Subsurface interface radar scans reveal buried features which, once again, are equable and symmetrical. Much of the material found at the site is fossilized and contains organic carbon, demonstrating that it was once associated with living matter. The presence of organic carbon has been verified by multiple scientific laboratories. Plant and animal fibers have also been found within the object and have been documented by way of forensic testing. In addition, metal artifacts found at the site are composed of a combination of metals such as modern day sophisticated alloys – once again, verified by metallurgical laboratories. His museum’s website features on-location photographs and charts , making its case with physical evidence including radar scans of bulkheads on the alleged vessel, deck timber and iron rivets and large “drogue” stones , which may have acted as types of anchors. However, there’s been no shortage of critics from both scientific and Christian circles who think the Dogubayazit site is erroneous.

Lorence Collins, a retired geology professor from California State University, Northridge, joined the late David Fasold, a one-time proponent of that site, in writing a scientific summary claiming the location is “bogus.” “Evidence from microscopic studies and photo analyses demonstrates that the supposed Ark near Dogubayazit is a completely natural rock formation,” said the 1996 paper published in the Journal of Geoscience Education. “It cannot have been Noah’s Ark nor even a man-made model. It is understandable why early investigators falsely identified it.” In both the Old and New Testaments, the Bible speaks of Noah’s Ark, and Jesus Christ and the apostles Paul and Peter all make reference to Noah’s flood as an actual historical event. According to Genesis, Noah was a righteous man who was instructed by God to construct a large vessel to hold his family and many kinds of animals, as a massive deluge was coming to purify the world, which had become corrupt.

Genesis 6:5 states: “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Noah was told by God to take aboard seven pairs of each of the “clean” animals – that is to say, those permissible to eat – and two each of the Though the Bible says it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, it also mentions “the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.” Genesis 8:4 does not say the ark rested on “Mount Ararat,” but rather the “mountains of Ararat,” and it was still months before Noah and his family – his wife, his three sons and the sons’ wives – were able to leave the ark and begin replenishing the world. The Hebrew word translated as “Ararat” in Genesis is also rendered in the King James Bible as “Armenia” in 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38 . Note: Media wishing to interview Joe Kovacs, please contact him .

Mount Ararat History and Facts » Armenian Eagle Mount Ararat History and Facts Categories: This is an image from a satellite in space of Mount Ararat. Elevation 39°42.26′N 44°17.5′E Type Last eruption 1840 Mount Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ) is the highest mountain in Turkey. Ararat was a part of Armenia until the Armenian Genocide in 1915 when Turkey took over that section of Armenia. Mount Ararat is an important landmark to Armenian’s because it shows the beauty of the sister mountains that were taken away from Armenia. It is a symbol in most paintings, songs, movies and mostly anything else to do with Armenia. It is also the background to my header image on my blog. In 2001, I stood at Khor Virab , which is the closest you can get to Ararat while still in Armenia, and watched the mountain for so long. I sat there thinking about the history and watched the amazing view of the twin peaks. The above image is not rendered in any way, it actually looks like that.

At some point in my life, one of my goals is to climb Ararat, but the Turkish government has issues with that. The climb is long, but there is a fairly easy route from the south in late summer for climbers who are familiar with the use of axe and crampons. Snow covers the last 400 m (¼ mile) year-round. There are two possible campsites on the mountain, and the glacier begins around 4,800 m (15,750 ft). The Turkish government requires a climbing permit and use of a certified Turkish guide. I found a company out of Turkey who will do everything for you and it only costs $1,500. I know that might be a lot to spend, but I will if it means completing a lifelong goal. If I do end up going, I will be documenting the entire trip. Most people say they have never heard of Mount Ararat, but when you mention Noah’s Ark, they know that. One thing that they never realized though was the mountain that the Ark landed on after the 150 days was Mount Ararat.

In the Bible, the book of Genesis, Chapter 8 1-5 reads: “But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated, and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen” Facts: In November 2004, Mt. Ararat and its surrounding area was considered a National Park Ararat (film) is a 2002 film by Atom Egoyan about the Armenian Genocide. I saw it on it’s release date in Harvard Square and it was really a great movie. The Armenian-American Metal Band System of a Down wrote the song “Holy Mountains” about Mt.

Ararat and its significance to Armenians with regard to the Armenian Genocide. Mount Ararat is referenced in the plot of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Bluebeard. Ararat, Armenia, Armenian border, genocide, mountain, mt. Ararat, turkey Share this:

Question: In what country would you find Mount Ararat?
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