Did Noah’s Ark really exist? Pottery fragments found near Biblical boat site provide evidence of human settlement

New York Post ^ | 12/27/2025 | Ben Cost

[SaxxonWoods]

Archaeologists might have discovered a major milestone in the quest to prove Noah’s Ark’s existence — pottery fragments near the supposed site of the Biblical boat.

Prof. Dr Faruk Kaya of Agri Ibrahim Cecen University said the pieces were found close to the alleged Ark outline at the Dogubayazit site on Turkey’s Mount Ararat, according to Turkish media, the Daily Mail reported.

The 538-foot-long boat-shaped geological structure has been the focal point of the Noah’s Ark debate for decades, having been described in the Bible as the legendary life raft’s final resting place.

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[SaxxonWoods]

Recently, a team of American researchers used radar technology to map the possible remains of Noah’s Ark beneath it.

The aforementioned ceramic fragments, which were found during road construction near the Durupinar Formation in Agri province, provide possible evidence of human activity between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago.

“The ceramic fragments show that there was human activity in this region during the Chalcolithic period, between 5500 and 3000 BC,” said Dr. Kaya.

This isn’t the first watershed discovery involving the Mount Ararat site, either.

Independent researchers used ground-penetrating radar to detect a 13-foot tunnel traversing the center of the formation, along with a trifecta of subterranean layers that matched the Bible’s description of the boat’s three decks.

The Book of Genesis 6:16 states: “Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.”

[MinorityRepublican]

We interpret Noah's ark as a metaphor rather than an actual historical event.

There are similar flood myths like the Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamian texts.

[fidelis]

We interpret Noah's ark as a metaphor rather than an actual historical event.

Who is "we"?

[SaxxonWoods]

Chat gpt (just for drill to get its take):

Question asked: Is there historical evidence of a huge flood during human existence that covered large areas of the world?

Answer:
There’s no solid scientific evidence for a single, global flood that covered the entire Earth during human history — nothing on the scale described in stories like Noah’s Flood or the Epic of Gilgamesh. But there is strong evidence for major regional floods that were enormous, civilization‑shaping, and memorable enough to inspire flood myths across cultures.

[GMThrust]

How is God giving him specific measurements concerning the building of the ark, metaphorical? Doesn’t make sense.

[SaxxonWoods]

Notice that chat gpt’s answer questions itself!

“But there is strong evidence for major regional floods that were enormous, civilization‑shaping, and memorable enough to inspire flood ‘myths’ across cultures.”

[MinorityRepublican]

Most Christians interpret Noah’s Ark metaphorically or theologically except for Evangelical Christians.

[C210N]

The aforementioned ceramic fragments...

Any indications of an ancient ceramic container with an Ark inside would be quite suggestive of Noah's Ark actually existing.

[Fungi]

An interesting book on this and other subjects is: Tornado in a Junkyard, James Perloff. In it he aks the question: where did all the water in the oceans come from?

[SaveFerris]

Every single story from the Bible is 100% true

Believe all of it or
Believe none of it

Each person can make their choice

But Choose Wisely 😁✝️🙏🛐😃😉😇😇😇

[MinorityRepublican]

But there is strong evidence for major regional floods that were enormous, civilization‑shaping, and memorable enough to inspire flood myths across cultures.

In the Middle East.

Flood myths = Noah’s Flood or the Epic of Gilgamesh.

[Olog-hai]

Not true.

[Olog-hai]

Did Noah’s Ark really exist?

Yes.

[BipolarBob]

There is a way which seemeth right to man but the ways thereof is destruction.

[ducttape45]

That’s not where Noah’s Ark came to rest, so all of this is hyperbole.

[Big Red Badger]

Where Did The Water come From?
Same place it Is Now !
.
Let’s Talk about Jonah and his Fish.
There is a Grave Marker for Him.
.
Scoffers gonna Scoff,
But Believers Know.

[BipolarBob]

So you know the secret location? Do tell.

[bethelgrad]

They find the ark at least once every 5 years

[Carriage Hill]

Last I heard, the Turkish musllim(SPIT!) gov’t wasn’t allowing anyone into the site, to excavate or explore. That’s now changed?

[GMThrust]

“...and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat” I’ll go with this.