Many Christians believe the mountain in Turkey is the final resting place of Noah's ark, which the Bible says protected Noah, his family, and pairs of every animal species on Earth during a divine deluge that wiped out most of humanity. They returned to the site with a film crew in October 2009. The team claims to have found in 20 seven large wooden compartments buried at 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, near the peak of Mount Ararat. "It's not 100 percent that it is Noah's ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it," Yeung Wing-cheung, a filmmaker accompanying the explorers, told The Daily Mail. Turkish and Chinese explorers from a group called Noah's Ark Ministries International made the latest discovery claim Monday in Hong Kong, where the group is based. "I don't know of any expedition that ever went looking for the ark and didn't find it," said Paul Zimansky, an archaeologist specializing in the Middle East at Stony Brook University in New York State. (See "Noah's Ark Discovered in Iran?" and "Noah's Ark Quest Dead in Water-Was It a Stunt?") These claims were not based on credible archaeological evidence.įor more on the topic, read " Why Noah's Ark will never be found."Ī team of evangelical Christian explorers claim they've found the remains of Noah's ark beneath snow and volcanic debris on Turkey's Mount Ararat (map).īut some archaeologists and historians are taking the latest claim that Noah's ark has been found about as seriously as they have past ones-which is to say not very. Editor's Note: On April 30, 2010, National Geographic published this article in which a group called Noah's Ark Ministries International claimed that they may have found remains of Noah's Ark on Mt.
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