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Drilling begins at ‘Noah’s Ark’ site as researchers probe Turkey’s controversial Durupinar formation
New York Post ^ | Sep. 22, 2026 | Harrison Christian

Posted on 09/23/2026 5:57:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Researchers have begun drilling into a mysterious, boat-shaped formation in the mountains of eastern Turkey, hoping an underground robot will unearth the answer to one of biblical history’s biggest mysteries.

Members of the Noah’s Ark Scans expedition believe the Durupinar formation, located in eastern Turkey near Mount Ararat, could mark the final resting place of the vessel described in Genesis.

“Good morning from the outer rims of Noah’s ark,” the project’s marketing and fundraising director, divisive Christian activist Lauren Witzke, wrote in a Tuesday update.

“Core drilling has begun and the big bang evolutionists are already in damage control mode,” she continued.

Witzke said the expedition had Turkish government approval and oversight from local universities, with “some of the most brilliant minds in the world” taking part.

She made the sensational claim that, “When we are done, university curricula will need to be rewritten, and Darwinism will be dismantled.”

“This is the place where creation began anew,” she enthused.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: antisemite; archaeology; durupinar; durupinarformation; fuentesfollower; fundraisingscam; genesisflood; laurenwitzke; moneylaundering; naziarchaeologist; noachianflood; noahsark; notrightlocation; ntsa; nypos; raidersoflostbimbo; scam; theconison; turkey; witzkefuentes; wronglocation

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1 posted on 09/23/2026 5:57:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Is this a spinoff from Curse of Oak Island?


2 posted on 09/23/2026 5:59:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

It is likely a spinoff from sanity... Noah’s ark?

Seriously?

This essentially loch ness, bigfoot, sasquatch and easter bunny territory.


3 posted on 09/23/2026 6:09:27 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Geraldo involved?


4 posted on 09/23/2026 6:24:23 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: jerod

Your “essentially” is not in the Bible.


5 posted on 09/23/2026 6:25:03 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I had Noah’s Ark decorated sheets when I was a little boy. Have not thought of them in several decades.


6 posted on 09/23/2026 6:26:06 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Wood older than the pyramids staying intact... I’m going with a hard ‘no’ on that.


7 posted on 09/23/2026 6:30:31 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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Spoiler alert -- this geological formation 29 km from Mt Ararat isn't the remains of a boat, much less Noah's Ark:

8 posted on 09/23/2026 6:33:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“The former Senate candidate is a self-proclaimed “flat-earther.”

How can one belive in Noah’s ark and be a flat-earther?

Wouldn’t all that water just roll off the side and take the ark with it?


9 posted on 09/23/2026 6:40:30 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: MinorityRepublican

I will be very curious as to what is discovered.


10 posted on 09/23/2026 6:42:36 PM PDT by abigkahuna
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To: MinorityRepublican

Would be nice if the Ark is under there, but highly improbable. For one thing, it’s not the right shape - the Bible describes a rectangular maritime barge, not a boat.


11 posted on 09/23/2026 6:44:43 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Has no one followed the findings of Ron Wyatt, including Noah’s Ark, the Dead Sea crossing, and Sodom and Gomorrah?

I recommend you search onl8ne for videos...


12 posted on 09/23/2026 6:45:31 PM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’ve been exploring and surveying that site for more than 50 years. As yet they still can’t so much as prove that that’s the remains of a boat, yet they still manage to find people eager to throw money at them.


13 posted on 09/23/2026 6:47:02 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: MinorityRepublican
“Good morning from the outer rims of Noah’s ark,” the project’s marketing and fundraising director, divisive Christian activist Lauren Witzke

It appears to be a money-making opportunity. I hope they got some real roughnecks to trip dat pipe.

14 posted on 09/23/2026 6:50:17 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Raycpa

Both Geraldo and Brian Williams were the two embedded reporters on the ark.


15 posted on 09/23/2026 6:53:38 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh,for crying out loud, folks.

Look up “anticline”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticline


16 posted on 09/23/2026 7:10:24 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: Round Earther
Wouldn’t all that water just roll off the side and take the ark with it?

Ice wall. Don't forget the huge ice wall. Held in the water like a bathtub.
Don't know where the water went when the plug was pulled, though.

17 posted on 09/23/2026 7:25:00 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left, the truth is right-wing violence.)
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To: Deaf Smith; jerod

Definitely not in those categories, since folk tales of a massive flood are endemic to ancient Mesopotamia, including in the Epic of Gilgamesh . Here’s one potential explanation:
https://ncse.ngo/yes-noahs-flood-may-have-happened-not-over-whole-earth


18 posted on 09/23/2026 7:46:12 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: jerod

As a Christian for about 55 years, I have to agree with you. Possible? Sure. Likely? Not at all.


19 posted on 09/23/2026 8:54:11 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: jerod
Wood older than the pyramids staying intact... I’m going with a hard ‘no’ on that.

It could be petrified.

The oldest petrified wood on Earth is roughly 360 million years old.

20 posted on 09/23/2026 9:59:09 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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