[Darheel]

I'd sincerely doubt the Turks would ever allow a group of Western Christians and Jews look for the Ark, or it would have been located by now.

[AdequateMan]

Actually, they tightly control who can look for the ark by charging kickbacks and bribes which are extremely expensive. The area around Ararat has been quite extensively searched during numerous expeditions. Numerous people have deliberately trekked in and some claim to have seen or even entered the Ark, but, strangely, none thought of properly photographing the place or marking GPS coordinates.
What this means is that Ararat is a rock AND it's a great place to free wealthy but stupid people of the burden of their currency.

[azhenfud]

- Beroso, priest, astronomer and Babylonian historian who in 275 B.C. wrote on the habit of pilgrims climbing Ararat to scrape away the pitch on the walls of the Ark to make amulets, describes the Ark visible on Mount Ararat.

- Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian of the first century, wrote in his book: "The story of the Jews" the same Beroso's statement.

- Epifanio of Salamina in the 4 century A.D. used the real existence of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat as a piece of evidence in defense of the Christian faith, writing: "Do you really believe that we are not able to prove our faith even though up until our times the remains of Noah's Ark are visible in the country of the Kurds?".

- Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveller, passing near Mount Ararat in 1269 wrote in his book, "Il Milione" : "......and you should know that in that far - off land of Armenia Noah's Ark still lies there on top of a high mountain with snows so persistent that nobody is able to climb it.