[SeekAndFind]

I think the argument is NOT that there is no structure up there. There is.

The argument is and has always been this — WHAT IS IT ?

Most skeptics argue that it was a habitat built many years ago ( not necessarily 5000 years ago as claimed by some flood archeologists ).

A monastery seems to be the most favored theory I’ve read thus far.

[Claud]

Exactly. No responsible archaeologist, Christian or not, would dare make this kind of an announcement without mountains of proof to back it up.

And typically, discoveries are couched in careful language: the structure we found *is consistent* with a 4000 year old date/a boat/etc.

You found Noah’s Ark? Great. Now get some professional archaeologists up there and let’s see if it withstands scrutiny.

[NavyCanDo]

Even if they can't prove it's the actual Ark , it does prove somebody was up there, and if the carbon data is accurate, it was during the time of Noah. And they got that wood from someplace, and lush green forest even during Noah’s time cannot be found at 13,000 feet. I'm looking out my window right now at Mt Rainer - and to try to imagine an ancient civilization dragging that much cut lumber up to its 13,000 foot level to build something I would have to ask first why?, and then ask how?