Has Noah’s Ark been found?

[Swami]

A group of Turkish and Chinese explorers belonging to the “Noah’s Ark Ministries International” have announced in Turkey that they have found Noah’s Ark, 4000m up, in the famous Agri (Ararat) mountain in East Turkey.

http://www.nationalturk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Chinese-exlplorer-in-the-Noahs-Ark-nationalturk-480x360.jpg

http://www.nationalturk.com/en/turkish-and-chinese-explorers-claim-to-have-found-noahs-ark-57235622

[Swami]

True or False........?

[blue777]

True or False........?

was it listed on a Chinese takeaway menu............

[Swami]

was it listed on a Chinese takeaway menu............

Yes, menu-number 113.......

[SteveX]

I've heard of the story (below). Even seen a tv documentry that showed a convincing boat shape 3/4 the way up the mountain. I'll go with TRUE

Turkish locals around the famous mountain and in many other cities have long believed that the Ark was indeed in Turkey after a Turkish air force pilot on a NATO mapping mission saw a boat like object in Dogubayazit, Turkey in 1959.

[Solphilos]

Nice, they found the big boat; again. lol.

[SteveX]

It'd be freakin amazing if they did find it. Just think of the god freak implications lol.

[Lyricus]

Came by this article earlier today and though you might find it interesting :-

http://theufologynetwork.freeforum.ca/viewtopic.php?p=2250#p2250

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nun5484B08Q&feature=player_embedded

[Lyricus]

I realise this is a duplicate of an earlier thread but I can't seem to be able to delete it!

[Lost Soul]

Nice, they found the big boat; again. lol.

My thoughts exactly. True or false, it's good for tourism.

[Eric J (Viking)]

'Noah's Ark' discovery '99.9 percent sure'

Imagine the ridicule he had to put up with!!!

Video and pictures have emerged of a wooden structure a group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers claim is Noah's Ark.

The team say they recovered wooden specimens 4000m up Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating proved was 4800 years old, around the same time the ark is said to have been afloat.

PHOTOS: Mountain 'ark' discovery

"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 Hong Kong documentary filmmaker and member of the 15-strong team from Noah's Ark Ministries International told AFP.

The structure had several compartments, some with wooden beams, which were believed to house animals, he said.

The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds that one had never been found above 3500 metres in the vicinity, Yeung said.

Local Turkish officials will ask the central government in Ankara to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status so the site can be protected while a major archaeological dig is conducted, Yeung added.

The biblical story says God decided to flood the earth after seeing how corrupt it had become, and told Noah to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal species.

After the flood waters receded, the Bible says, the ark came to rest on a mountain. Many believe that Mount Ararat, the highest point in the region, is where the ark and her inhabitants came aground.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1045033/noahs-ark-discovery-99-9-percent-sure

viking

[Swanny]

You're too late it's already been posted :p

Twice actually

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?1615-Turkish-and-Chinese-explorers-claim-to-have-found-Noah%E2%80%99s-Ark&highlight=noah

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?1605-Turkish-and-Chinese-explorers-claim-to-have-found-Noah%E2%80%99s-Ark&highlight=noah

[Eric J (Viking)]

Oh well ...hey ho...beat me again... ha ha ... no worries...I'm sure the mods will sort it!!

viking

[Lucrum]

But the discovery itself is old, isn't it?

I recall reading about this find a few years back...so this must surely just be some sort of rediscovery or something down that alley...?

Oh, and I quote:
Some experts however believe that the remains may be part of a human settlement, but the explorers are denying this by saying, “we have never found a human settlement above 3,500 meters in the history of mankind”.

Yeah, that's the most sound arguement ever...we haven't seen it before, hence it can't be like that.
How many times have I heard that one.....

[jem284]

Read this Blog before you determine if it is true or false.
After reading it I say false
I found it on Millennium Ark, Stan Deyo"s web site:p


27 April 2010
Noah’s Ark PaleoBabble Update

Posted by MSH under: Ancient Sites; Bible; Noah's ark .

This is a sad post for me. Read on and you’ll know why.

Fox News reported today about a joint Turkish-Chinese expedition that claims to have found Naoh’s ark on Mount Ararat. Part of their proof is the picture below, which purports to have been taken inside the ark. Allegedly, the wooden beams carbon-date to 4,800 years old. Would that be cool or what?

Now the sad part. I also got an email today from one of Randall Price’s students. The email contains a message from Dr. Price about this expedition. (Dr. Price, as some of you may recall, has been doing a lot of searching for the ark lately.) Here is an excerpt from his message:

I was the archaeologist with the Chinese expedition in the summer of 2008 and was given photos of what they now are reporting to be the inside of the Ark. I and my partners invested $100,000 in this expedition (described below) which they have retained, despite their promise and our requests to return it, since it was not used for the expedition. The information given below is my opinion based on what I have seen and heard (from others who claim to have been eyewitnesses or know the exact details).

To make a long story short: this is all reported to be a fake. The photos were reputed to have been taken off site near the Black Sea, but the film footage the Chinese now have was shot on location on Mt. Ararat. In the late summer of 2008 ten Kurdish workers hired by Parasut, the guide used by the Chinese, are said to have planted large wood beams taken from an old structure in the Black Sea area (where the photos were originally taken) at the Mt. Ararat site. In the winter of 2008 a Chinese climber taken by Parasut’s men to the site saw the wood, but couldn’t get inside because of the severe weather conditions. During the summer of 2009 more wood was planted inside a cave at the site. The Chinese team went in the late summer of 2009 (I was there at the time and knew about the hoax) and was shown the cave with the wood and made their film. As I said, I have the photos of the inside of the so-called Ark (that show cobwebs in the corners of rafters – something just not possible in these conditions) and our Kurdish partner in Dogubabyazit (the village at the foot of Mt. Ararat) has all of the facts about the location, the men who planted the wood, and even the truck that transported it.

In short, Randall was duped. I feel bad about it because I know him. He’s a good guy with real degrees (so please don’t equate him with charlatans like Ron Wyatt). Yeah, he should have known better. But at least he’s being honest here.

[ExomatrixTV]

BREAKING: Noahs Ark DISCOVERED With Ground-Penetrating Radar?!:

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New Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) & Soil Analysis of Durupinar (Turkey) reveals subterranean spaces and structures below ground, soil analysis shows anomalies in the local region, and the team behind the studies have a bold and biblical claim!