Has Noah’s Ark Been Found In Turkey?

Posted by mysta on April 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

After finding the alleged pieces of the iconic religious boat, a group of evangelists Turkish and Chinese are claiming to have found Noah’s Ark. The group had found a structure made of wood, and they say it’s the ship that inhabited Noah, his family and animals during the biblical flood 4,800 years ago. Carbon dating of the wood found is also 4,800 years old, and that’s what makes them so sure.

The claim has been buzzing the Internet all over the world, but the discoverers, a group of 15 members that go by the name of Noah’s Ark Ministries International, say they are sure by only 99.9% about their findings.

The story goes back to the Book of Genesis, when God warns Noah he is about to send a great flood to destroy the earth and everything living on it, as a punishment for man’s evil and corruptness. Noah is the only one who gets a head up for he is the only righteous man in the whole of his generation. He is ordered to build a large boat where his family and a representation of the world’s animals will be safe. And so God brings the flood and apart for fish, the inhabitants of the ark are the only survivors. The belief is that the top of Mount Ararat, in today’s Turkey, is the place where the ark finally rested