"Good post, but I doubt they will ever find an intact ark. It would be a wonder if they did. Imagine you are Noah and his family. Every tree as far as you can see has been wiped out in the flood. The ONLY source of timber for the first decade or so is the ark you came in. I would guess that it would have been raided for parts long ago."
Could be just enough to make one throw in the towel (ahem) and hike on over to the Euphrates Valley.