[pgyanke]

"Also, some scholars note that the Bible's version has Noah living in a desert in Mesopotamia, while the pre-flood coastline of Turkey was a lush, forested area."

And he built a boat big enough for all of the creatures of the land out of what... cacti?

[presidio9]

And he built a boat big enough for all of the creatures of the land out of what... cacti?

Mesopotamia did not become a desert until Saddam drained the marshes.

[I still care]

Gopherwood. But today, nobody knows what that is.

[MEGoody]

"And he built a boat big enough for all of the creatures of the land out of what... cacti?"

As I recall, he used gopher wood.