[[ Noah's Ark Found ]] ???
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Satellite pictures taken last summer of Mount Ararat in Turkey may reveal the final resting place of Noah's ark, according to Daniel McGivern, the businessman and Christian activist behind a planned summer 2004 expedition to investigate the site.
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I thought Turkey ban anymore expeditions to that mountain..Izzit turkey or some other country..
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Turkey has opened to public again some years ago...but ban USA onlyOriginally posted by stellazio:I thought Turkey ban anymore expeditions to that mountain..Izzit turkey or some other country.. supposedly
Have you watched the documentary movie?
I'd watched it today!...Many thoughts arose!
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Why did the Turks ban expeditions to Ararat? Were they afraid of looters?Originally posted by stellazio:I thought Turkey ban anymore expeditions to that mountain..Izzit turkey or some other country.. -
Turkey is a muslim state,imagine what happens if they found the ark there?Originally posted by iveco:Why did the Turks ban expeditions to Ararat? Were they afraid of looters? -
But they aren't governed strictly by the Shariah, are they? In fact, St Sophia's Church (Aya Sofia) is used by both Christians and Muslims for their religious services.Originally posted by stellazio:Turkey is a muslim state,imagine what happens if they found the ark there? -
I thought muslim bible and christian bible are similar as in Ark version!Originally posted by stellazio:Turkey is a muslim state,imagine what happens if they found the ark there?
i remember that due to country conflicts which links to neightbour's war
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Ararat is near the Armenian border. And Ataturk's followers massacred many Armenians in WWI. Come to think of it, that region may not be too stable.Originally posted by sophia:i remember that due to country conflicts which links to neightbour's war -
They found some fossils (Sea stuff) embedded in the rocks on the mountain.
But..... 
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Is there any geological explanation for the Great Flood?
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......mmnn...
Mountains are formed by 2 continental plates pushing against one another... if an sea animal died and trapped into the land near the sea.. the continental plates will pushing the remains of the animals upwards..........
Scientific explaintions for the Great Flood....or others... -
The Bible states that Noah landed in the region of the ancient kingdom Urartu. Mount Ararat (its name probably a corrupted version of Urartu) has been the focus of those seeking the ark because it—at 17,000 feet (5,165 meters)—is the highest point in the area. -
Ya...They found some sea fossils embedded in the rocks on the mountain.Originally posted by iveco:Is there any geological explanation for the Great Flood? -
Some archaeologists charge that Noah's-ark expeditions like McGivern's are nothing but wild-goose chases. Even if the ark existed, these scholars argue, it is unlikely that the wood from the boat would still be preserved today, thousands of years later. Moving ice is likely to have swept away any wooden structure, experts say. -
eh? 3years ago i read an article in Popular Mechanics magazine.. they found the ark..even showed an outline of the ark's frame. And few photographs showing outline of the supposed ark from different angles.
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Artist's conception of Noah's Ark based on biblical information and reported sightings on Mt. Ararat.
Over the last two decades the search for Noah's Ark has received international attention. Dozens of expeditions to the Ararat region of eastern Turkey, mostly by American Christian groups, have led to numerous claims - but no proof.
According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a large barge constructed of wood and sealed with bitumen. Its overall dimensions were at least 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high with three interior decks. A "window" appeared to be constructed around the top (Genesis 6:14-16). Incidentally, the overall size of the Ark makes it the largest seagoing vessel known before the 20th century, and its proportions are amazingly similar to the large ocean liners of today
The Bible says Noah's boat came to rest on "the mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4). "Ararat" probably designated a region (the ancient kingdom of Urartu) and not a specific mountain peak. After Noah and his family left the Ark on the mountain, the boat virtually disappeared from the pages of the Bible. Later Biblical writers never suggested they knew it could still be seen.
The mountain called Ararat today is more like a mountain range with twin peaks. Interestingly, there have been numerous reports throughout history of a large boat on a mountain in this region. Earliest references (beginning in the 3rd century B.C.) suggested it was common knowledge that the Ark could still be viewed on Mount Ararat.
Reports over the past century range from visits to the vessel, to recovery of wooden timber, to aerial photographs. It is generally believed that at least large part of the Ark is intact, not on the highest peak, but somewhere above the 10,000 foot level. Apparently encased in snow and ice for most of the year, only during certain warm summers can the structure be witnessed or accessed. Some have spoken of climbing onto the roof, others say they have walked inside.
In the 1980s, "ark-eology" was given an air of respectability with the active participation of former NASA astronaut James Irwin in expeditions up the mountain. In addition, Ark investigation was also given a boost with the breakup of the former Soviet Union, because the mountain was right on the Turkey-Soviet border. Expeditions up the mountain had been considered a security threat by the Soviet government.
Unfortunately, return visits to proposed sites have produced no further evidence, the whereabouts of all photographs are presently unknown, and different sightings do not suggest the same location on the mountain. Furthermore, Astronaut James Irwin has since died, a purported eyewitness has recently recanted publicly, and there have been few new expeditions up the mountain in the 1990s. Further expeditions have taken place in the new millennium, but no proof of the Ark has yet been found.
But efforts are still ongoing. While the Associates for Biblical Research is not engaged in any of these efforts, we are aware of continued research into ancient reports, further testimony from eyewitnesses and renewed efforts to pinpoint the Ark's resting place. More expeditions are pending. If it's up there, we will certainly hear about it. -
Mount Ararat is located in Eastern Turkey on the borders of Iran, Armenia (formerly U.S.S.R.), and Nachivan. This volcanic mountain rises 5,165 meters or 16,945 feet high above the plains and is the highest location in the ancient kingdom of Urartu, a region which covered thousands of square miles. Ararat is the bastardized name of Urartu from the Hebrew Torah written by Moses (c. 1450 BC) which only included the consonants "rrt". However, the translators of the Bible replaced the "rrt" with the later name, "Ararat." The Assyrians wrote about battles against the Urartian tribes from the thirteenth century BC until the sixth century BC when Urartu was destroyed by the Medes. The name Urartu then vanished from history and was replaced by Ararat and Armenia in the vicinity as well as in Bible translations in English, etc. As history went on in the first and second millenia AD, the mountain became known as Ararat and the region as Armenia. Many people believe that Mount Ararat is the place where Noah's Ark landed but the Bible does not state this. It simply says that the boat landed in the Urartian mountains, of which there are hundreds, although Ararat is the highest. Since Mount Ararat is the highest location in Urartu, some people throughout history have jumped to the unproven conclusion that it was the landing place and promoted that concept as a regional tradition -
National geographic article quoted one scientist, we dun want to deal with fringe research... -
Incomplete researches in Ark....
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When discussing the story of Noah and the flood, author Karen Armstrong (A History of God, 1993), as a panelist on Moyers's program, asserted that God is "not some nice, cozy daddy in the sky," but rather a being who decidedly behaves frequently "in an evil way." With his actions in connection with the flood, Armstrong said, God originated the idea of justifiable genocide. Hitler and Stalin, one might deduce, acted on the instruction of such stories as that of the flood and of Sodom and Gomorrah when instituting the holocaust and the camps of the Gulag. Had the panelists called on Gnostic scriptures, they could have quoted many precedents for Armstrong's criticism of the vengeful God of the Old Testament.
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New Flood Story
a. "God" decided to kill everything under the heavens in which there is the "spirit of God," in response to humans filling the Earth with violence.
b. Details are given of the size and shape of the ark, along with specific directions as to how it is to be built and from what it is to be made.
c. Noah is instructed to take one pair of all animals on board, and is reminded to take food for all.
d. The flood is a complex matter involving the undoing of creation. The dome that divided the waters above the Earth from the waters below the Earth is severely threatened when water comes down from above, and comes up from below for one hundred fifty days.
e. The ark lands in the mountains of Upper Mesopotamia and Noah and his family and all the animals remain in the ark for several months before disembarking.
f. God initiates a covenant-making ceremony with Noah. He gives the humans similar instructions to those he gave to the humans in the description of creation in the first chapter of Genesis. God gives the rainbow as a sign of his promise that he will never again drown every living thing.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/2cs.htm
