Posted on 03/10/2025 9:57:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
According to the Bible, Noah's Ark saved humanity and all the animals from certain annihilation during an ancient flood.
Now, 5,000 years after those floodwaters supposedly receded, scientists claim to have discovered the location of the famous boat.
An international team of researchers claims that a boat-shaped mound 18 miles (30km) south of Mount Ararat in Turkey is actually the fossilised remains of a wooden vessel.
The Durupinar Formation is a 163-metre (538ft) geological structure made of a type of iron ore called limonite.
It has long captivated researchers due to the fact that its shape and structure almost match those given for the Ark in the Bible.
New evidence shows that the mound really did experience a devastating flood 5,000 years ago.
This supports the biblical account of a flood covering the region between 3000 and 5500 BC.
'Our studies show that this region harboured life in that period and that, at some point, it was covered by water, which reinforces the possibility that a catastrophic event of great magnitude occurred,' the researchers said.
Since 2021, a collaboration between Istanbul Technical University, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, and Andrews University in the United States has been studying the site under the banner of the Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark Research Team.
During the 7th International Symposium on Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark, researchers presented new evidence that could support their theory that the structure is an ancient ship.
Researchers took 30 samples of soil and rock from around the Durupinar Formation and sent these to the Istanbul Technical University for analysis.
The tests showed that the soil contains traces of clay-like materials, marine deposits, and even the remnants of marine life such as molluscs.
Dating these samples showed that they were between 3,500 and 5,000 years old.
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The arc is on the Rhine river in the Netherlands. I saw it about 10 years ago.
Its REAL folks. On the top of a mountain way above the tree line. No wood to build it there. How else other than the flood did it get there? It would be like discovering the ark atop Mount Everest.
These dirt mounds fossilized wood and shapes from space are ridiculous. The actual ark is right where God put it.
Why would people climb 16,900-feet (Mt. Ararat) to gather firewood?
Just ask keith richards
Why leave the wood up there and not bring it down as they came down? And you're assuming the ark settled at the very top of one of Mt. Ararat's peaks, even though the Genesis 8 text doesn't say the portion of Mt. Ararat that the ark settled on. There are two peaks of Mt. Ararat that are 7 miles apart. The ark could have settled on one of the lower portions of Mt. Ararat.
Of course there was a flood. That geological structure is among many around that exact area caused by ancient mud flows millions of years ago... When you get on Google Earth it is hard to even find this particular shaped one amongst all the others. It is not at all unique in that particular geographical area.
This has been debunked and deemed natural without a doubt. Noe if there was just one like it might be different...
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