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To: ransomnote
1) Virtually the EXACT same length

In other words it's not the correct dimensions, either by the common cubit or the royal cubit, so they have to fudge with "virtually."

2) 26 Drogue (boat anchor) stones found in vicinity

The stones are in the region, not in the vicinity. The Bible doesn't mention drogue stones, and there is no evidence these are connected with the Ark. They are interesting, but could be cited as evidence for any Ark location in the region.

3) Located in the EXACT place described in the Bible

The Bible speaks of the Ark coming to rest in the "mountains of Urartu" - that is, the ancient kingdom of Urartu/Ararat. That's a pretty broad region, not an "exact place."

The Durupinar fraud was concocted by Ron Wyatt, a serial fraudster who claimed to have found everything from the holy grail to Aaron's rod to the chariot wheels of the Egyptians in the Red Sea, and everything in between. He's a bad joke, and so are any claims derived from his madness.

8 posted on 09/22/2026 4:47:21 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: EnderWiggin1970
Also: 1. The Bible describes a maritime barge, not a boat - basically a floating rectangular box. The Ark had no need of a narrow prow - it wasn't navigating anywhere except where God moved it.

2. And despite what the article says, no wood, petrified wood or pitch has been recovered from the Durupinar formation. Supposedly the Armenians had some samples, but those came from a site above the Ahora Gorge before the earthquake that created the gorge.

3. Mt. Ararat doesn't fit the Biblical description of Noah seeing surrounding mountain peaks as the flood receded. Ararat has 2 peaks surrounded by rugged hill country - not a mountain range.

9 posted on 09/22/2026 7:54:36 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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