Noah's Ark Found? Turkey Expedition Planned For Summer

National Geographic News ^ | 4-27-2004 | Hillary Mayall

[blam]

Wishful thinking.

[Patrick1]

Again!

[mlbford2]

Saw this exact documentary two yrs ago. Geraldo should do this expedition.

[Taquito]

I think this guy used to sell DVD Rewinders on Ebay.

[HitmanLV]

Well said - some good people of faith must have been bilked a lot of money to finance this joyride. Awful.

[farmfriend]

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[Husker24]

Arslan reported an eyewitness sighting of the ark and took a photograph in 1989 from about 220 yards (200 meters) away. However, he couldn't get any closer, and the picture is not definitive.

If I thought I was a measly 200 yards away from Noas Ark, I sure as hell would find a way to get there.

[Tax-chick]

Noah's ark

[Blzbba]

"I'm convinced that the excavation of the object and the results of tests run on any collected samples will prove that it is Noah's ark. "


Any age-of-the-ark "tests" would have to be of the radio-carbon variety. Therefore, if the results of these particular tests are accepted as fact and as proof of the existence of the Ark, wouldn't the same fundamentalist-type people have to accept as fact the results of other aging tests that prove the age of the Earth to be 4.5 billion years, +/- factors notwithstanding? Can't have it both ways!

[Carry_Okie]

If I thought I was a measly 200 yards away from Noas Ark, I sure as hell would find a way to get there.

Not to defend the story, but how much mountaineering have you done? There are a lot of places to which one rightly wouldn't hazard a trip unless one had climbing gear and a partner, or more.

[billbears]

Saw a special the other night on His. Intl. or History Channel. Looked like it was done back in 2000 or so. I'd like to see what they find. Doesn't change the fact the Flood happened but it would be interesting to find Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark bump

[ASA Vet]

Finding a wooden toothpick up there would be proof enough for the supernaturalists.
They wouldn't need dating to know by faith.

[cryptical]

Can't have it both ways!

Of course they can, because faith trumps proof. Y'see, God created the world OLD, so any date you get before the Bible indicates creation occured is due to carbon-14 randomization.

[Styria]

Try reading the article. The documentary you saw two years ago didn't mention the summer of 2003, did it?

[Styria]

Radio-carbon isn't used to try to determine the Earth's age.

[mlbford2]

No, but they went to Mnt Ararat in Turkey to look for the Ark and found nothing. Same ariel images and the whole bit.

[RightWhale]

will prove that it is Noah's ark

Arkeologists are easily encouraged. I have an Indiana Jones hat, can I come, too?

[SuperVillain]

Carbon dating was developed to date dinosaur bones. A good job of carbon dating can get to within anywhere from 1,000-7,000 years of it's actual age. Now, with dinosaurs, which were around for a bit more than 100,000,000 years, getting that close is no problem. But with humanity, 7,000 years can be the difference between stone tools and multi-speed blenders. So either way, the tests would be inconclusive.