“They act like it was just discovered ...”
Nope.
Article: It has long captivated researchers ...
Exactly. I saw a documentary about 10 years on this. The only thing that was strange to me is that they showed massive stone sea drogues around it. It is goofy for those things to be out in the middle of nowhere. The thing that bothered me is that they had Templar Jerusalem crosses carved into them. Sounds like the Templars might have found the ark first.