Piecing Together the Ark

THE ARC ENCOUNTER ^ | DECEMBER 1, 2010 | ADMIN (The Arc Encounter)

[Walt Griffith]

As the account of Noah’s Ark and the Flood continues to capture the imagination of all sectors in America, nearly every culture boasts well-known accounts of a massive flood that has elements very similar to the biblical Flood (going back even to the time of the Babylonians).

In November, 2009, a CBS News survey revealed the finding that the remains of Noah’s Ark would be the greatest archaeological discovery of our day. CBS News stated: “CBS’ 60 Minutes news program, in conjunction with Vanity Fair magazine, recently conducted a web survey asking which archaeological discovery people would most want to see made next. The response: Noah’s Ark (43%), Atlantis (18%) Amelia Earhart’s plane (16%), Nixon’s lost tapes (13%), and Cleopatra’s barge (5%).” [1]

The article continued: “Noah’s Ark continues to capture the imagination of the general public, and this interest spans all social, religious, and economic segments. The Ark and the Flood is one of the few historical events which are well known in the worldwide global circle.”

The ministry leaders at Answers in Genesis (AiG) began discussing the idea of assembling virtually the same team that designed and built the Creation Museum, to have them start researching and then building a full-scale Noah’s Ark.

[bigheadfred]

Cayce’s Hall of Records

I wanna know who did the trilithon work and how they did it.

[SunkenCiv]

I’d like someone to find a bunch of triremes. This has been looked for, but no one has found any on the sea floor, say, near the Battle of Actium. I don’t think any will ever be found, because they were built so light (they were oar-powered, and high-speed) that after getting rammed, their parts continued to float. Too bad I guess.

The big grain haulers of Roman times (and actually, during the heyday of the Athenian Empire, which was built on trireme might) could be found, and that would be fantastic. Those are said to have been around 100 tons displacement, but the Romans moved 200+ ton obelisks from Egypt a number of times, plus large numbers of 100+ ton columns for buildings, by sea, I suspect the grain haulers were much larger than 100 tons.

My dream job would be to find and thoroughly examine (in situ) a Roman wreck that went down with an Egyptian obelisk. It could be that none ever went down though — the Romans have an undeserved reputation for poor seafaring ability, despite the fact that they rid the Seven Seas of piracy for centuries.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... Cayce...

Good idea though, Egypt, with a Cayce connection... the chamber or tunnel that has actually been detected under the front of the Sphinx would be in my top five.

Also, the possible Houdin spiral ramp inside the Great Pyramid (although I think he’s only partially right about his scenario).

[wildbill]

Builders plans and tools used for the great Pyramids of the world.

Alexander’s tomb.

Burial places of Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater.

[Outlaw Woman]

That would be an awesome discovery. I wonder if there are those that are actively searching for wrecks (beside treasure hunter type individuals).
It’s all extremely engrossing to me. To see some of the things that have already been discovered would be fantastic but alas I must read about discoveries.

What exactly is your field? You seem extremely knowledgeable on ancient history...was it a major/minor for you in college?

[Outlaw Woman]

"The Lenormant Relief, from the Athenian Acropolis, depicting the rowers of an aphract Athenian trireme, ca. 410 BC. Found in 1852, it is one of the main pictorial testaments to the layout of the triremes."

[Paisan]

a more relevant find would be the Ark of The Covenant

Amen. Especially if the contents are still extant - Aarons rod, manna and pieces of the Ten Commandments, written by the ‘finger-of-God’...

[winodog]

Nice link.
Are you aware of the “canopied earth”? The earths atmosphere was filled with water creating a barrier of sorts. I have heard about it and was wondering how the preflood people would be able to see the stars.

[SunkenCiv]

It's amazing and amusing that the actual proclamation inscription regarding the evacuation of Athens ahead of the Battle of Salamis was found in the 20th c during some renovation work in (I think it was) an old café.

[SunkenCiv]

It would have been my minor, I’m not sure what my real minor was. But I took so many history classes that it could easily have been my major. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Oooh, Alexander’s tomb, a good one! I’ve seen (but couldn’t find online just now) a pic of a Ptolemaic-era structure (maybe a tomb) which is a miniature version of the Pharos. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

The preflood people would have been able to see the stars because there was no such canopy.

[SunkenCiv]

ditto.

[SunkenCiv]

• Hunt for Alexander's tomb: Greece, Egypt, Persia, India, Broome
• Alexander the Great's "Crown," Shield Discovered?

[winodog]

How can you be 100% certain of that.

[SunkenCiv]

In that case, how can you be 100% certain that it was? The only way for a canopy of water to rise up is to have something denser underneath, which would mean, our ancestors could not have lived through it. One of the models would be the atmosphere of Venus, which is hundreds of degrees celsius, in which water would not exist as a liquid, and would rise up as superhot steam, condensing and riding on top of whatever was below (probably steam, because the interface could still be hotter than 100°C.

[winodog]

I am not 100% certain. I was actually questioning the validity of the canopied earth.

I think the world was much different before the flood.
More Oxygen in the air or something. I think man was able to use much more of the brain that our Creator endowed us with. (come to think of it, theres another question. If we evolved from apes or sludge, why do we have huge brains and dont use something like 95% of it?)

[winodog]

I also find the smaller earth theory very interesting.
I have little faith in claims scientist make.

One day they are all in total agreement and a day later they make a “new” discovery that means they have to throw out everything they knew before.

That paragraph may be embellished just a little but not much.

We have not begun to scratch the surface of the Earth God created, let alone the universe and the laws that we think govern it.

woohoo!!! God is great

[wildbill]

I think some German archeologist claimed some time ago that she had found the site of the oasis where he was supposed to be buried in the Western desert of Egypt. I believe there was a FR post on it.

Of course it is a long way from finding an oasis to finding a tomb.

I’ve always thought it was a strange choice for his burial and perhaps a ruse by his loyal followers to send future tomb robbers out into the desert to search futilely until they died.

[SunkenCiv]

Hmm... not sure about that. The temple at Siwa oasis where Alexander consulted the oracle still stands. A few years back a coffin which has been in a museum for decades was identified as having been possibly, hmm, maybe I’ll look before I leap on this one...

Okay, so, I can’t find what I’m looking for. I did find this old file. The links are dead per se, but I had no trouble pulling up the pages on the wayback machine.

http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/arabs.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/burial.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/church.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/destruction.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/mosque.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/myth.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/search.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/tomb2/sources.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=Siwa+oasis

Here’s the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus (and image search), which merely has images of Alexander sculpted into it:

http://images.travelpod.com/users/eddieandlynn/1.1237836060.the-alexander-sarcophagus.jpg
http://www.google.com/images?q=%22Alexander+Sarcophagus,%22&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

Uh, okay, this isn’t what I remember either, but it may be a start:

http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/alexander/tomb.html