But the Bible says nothing of Mount Ararat.
KJV Gen 8:4 And the ark rested() in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
The Mountains of Ararat are the region of Eastern Turkey that is north of Mesopotamia.
Tradition puts the Ark on top of the Mountain. The Bible does not.
I recalled a song Tennessee Ernie Ford this and a search revealed that the Statler Brothers also sang:
Well the ark rose up on the foot of the deep
And after 40 days Mr.Noah took a peek said
We ain't movin' Lord where are we at
The Lord said you're sittin' on a mount Ararat.
I also draw a distinction between the mountains of Ararat versus Mount Ararat.
I assume that he would have gone aground somewhere in northern Turkey or Georgia if he was coming from the Black Sea, or somewhere in Kurdestan if he was coming from the Persian Gulf area. I also assume the ark was broken up for timbers or simply rotted away centuries ago.
So, if they really did find it up on the side of a 13000 foot mountain, it would certainly get my attention.