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Has Noah's Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop?

FOXNews.com

The remains of Noah's Ark have been discovered 13,000 feet up a Turkish mountain -- according to a sensational claim by evangelical explorers.

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.
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"The Sun" has a story on this also:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...s#ixzz0mIvTDKNW

I remember Richard Dawkins rubbishing any report that the ark on mount Ararat lol I guess if this is true he has major egg on his face.

The photos I saw look convincing enough BUT we have all fallen for such hoaxs before ..I DONT need "proof" like this to believe ::321::

I'm hoping people don't turn this thing into an idol if it does turn out to be the real Noah's Ark. It's not going to change my belief in Scripture anyway.

I seem to remember reading somewhere, about six or seven years ago, of Noah's Ark being on Mt Ararat, but there could be no archeaological diggings or anything because of "political reasons".

I have been trying to find a link to a much older story, but I haven't found anything.

I can't remember where I read it originally - I have an idea it might have been Time Magazine or a similar one.

Does this ring any bells for anyone else? Or am I just imagining things?

As far as I remember the turkish government refused permission for any expeditions as they were afraid of damage being done and " spies " ...they must have thought you wanted to go dig there :P :P :P :P

I have to admit that so far I feel rather sceptical - it's a bit too good to be true. But you never know.

A few years ago I watched a TV documentary made by a group of people who were sure that they had found the remains of the Ark somewhere else - and some of their evidence was quite impressive. But nothing seems to have come of it.