{"id":4341,"date":"2010-04-27T16:27:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/is-this-noahs-ark.html"},"modified":"2010-04-27T16:27:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T16:27:26","slug":"is-this-noahs-ark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/is-this-noahs-ark.html","title":{"rendered":"Is this Noah’s Ark?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Noah's<\/a><\/span>
\nDefinitely possibly almost absolutely…maybe: <\/a><\/p>\n

\nA group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah’s Ark.<\/p>\n

The group claims that carbon dating proves the relics are 4,800 years old, meaning they date to around the same time the ark was said to be afloat. Mt. Ararat has long been suspected as the final resting place of the craft by evangelicals and literalists hoping to validate biblical stories.<\/p>\n

Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah’s Ark Ministries International research team that made the discovery, said: “It’s not 100 percent that it is Noah’s Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it.”<\/p>\n

There have been several reported discoveries of the remains of Noah’s Ark over the years, most notably a find by archaeologist Ron Wyatt in 1987. At the time, the Turkish government officially declared a national park around his find, a boat-shaped object stretched across the mountains of Ararat.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the evangelical ministry remains convinced that the current find is in fact more likely to be the actual artifact, calling upon Dutch Ark researcher Gerrit Aalten to verify its legitimacy.<\/p>\n

A team of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers believe that they have found the remains of the Biblical artifact, Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat.<\/p>\n

“The significance of this find is that for the first time in history the discovery of Noah’s Ark is well documented and revealed to the worldwide community,” Aalten said at a press conference announcing the find. Citing the many details that match historical accounts of the Ark, he believes it to be a legitimate archaeological discovery.<\/p>\n

“There’s a tremendous amount of solid evidence that the structure found on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey is the legendary Ark of Noah,” said Aalten. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the link<\/a> for more on how they found it — and what they plan to do about it. <\/p>\n

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