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Evidence Confirms Noah’s Ark
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2. Symmetrical Shape: The boat shaped formation was first noticed in aerial reconnaissance photos shot by Francis Gary Powers. A Turkish Army Captain, Durupinar, noticed the boat shape in 1959, and it soon was in the news. A team from the USA made it out to the site in 1960, for a closer inspection. Dr. Arthur Brandenburger of Ohio State University said it appears to be a boat, as it was too symmetrical to be a natural formation and had to be a man-made structure. The photos above appeared in Life Magazine and caused quite a stir. Turkish army, right. Photos: Turkish Army
1. Boat Shape: Photo taken from rounded stern with pointed bow in the distance. Some have supposed that the ark would be a box shape, Hebrew “aaron”, but the Hebrew word used for Noah’s ark is “tebah” and is not associated with a box, but only with Noah’s ark and the water craft of baby Moses. A box shaped ark would be destroyed in the open ocean, with massive storms during the Flood. Photo Kevin Fisher
3. Rib Timbers. Along the outside of the formation one can see vertical rib timbers which is a method used by wooden ship builders for centuries. These are at right angles to the downhill flow of water around the formation and are not formed by erosion. Photo Kevin Fisher
4. Core Drill: A core drill was done on the starboard side to intersect a chamber in the ark. Approximately five feet deep and 5 inches in diameter. Right, one can see the petrified antler and animal dung, both petrified that were pulled out of this chamber. Other items were cat hair, and human hair. Photos Kevin Fisher
5. The most prominent archaeologist in Turkey, Dr. Ekrem Akurgal, agrees it is a ship.
6. Deck Timber: A three layered deck timber, notice layers on right, was unearthed before Turkish officials in 1987 when a dedication ceremony was being held at the site. Lab tests showed it has a high concentration of organic carbon, consistent with petrified wood. Notice left, in foreground, the blue oozing out the end of the wood. The bottom layer, seen on right, appears to be pecky cypress with spots. Some Bible translations say “cypress” wood instead of gopher wood. Photo Kevin Fisher
7. Deck Posts: While standing on the center deck, one can view interior, horizontal deck support beams protruding from the outer part of the ark. These are in a systematic pattern, consistent with man-made construction. Photo Kevin Fisher
8. Geologist Agrees: Dr. Bayraktutan has continued to agree that this site is Noah’s ark, and as a Geologist he knows it is not a natural formation. He also stated, "It is a man made structure, and for sure it's Noah's Ark" Common Sense. This same article also states "The site is immediately below the mountain of Al Judi, named in the Qur'an as the resting place of the Ark." Houd Sura 11:44
9. Length is Exact: Using Google Earth, one can obtain front and rear coordinates and calculate the length of the formation. It is 515 feet or 300 Royal Egyptian Cubits. Moses wrote the Genesis account and was schooled in Egypt. When he says 300 cubits, he is speaking of the cubit that he was familiar with. This cubit is longer than the Hebrew cubit of only 18 inches, as it is 20.62 inches in length. You can see this image at Google Earth by inserting the coordinates: 39 26' 26.09" N and 44 14' 04.29" E
11. Metal Alloy Rivets: 3.5 inch metal rivets have been found on the ark such as these above. Lab tests proved that it is made of aluminum, titanium, iron, magnesium metals. Aluminum and titanium are man-made metals, thus proving that the site is a man-made structure. The above were found by the late Ron Wyatt, but we found our own samples and had them tested. See below.
10. Interior scans reveal a man-made pattern of timbers inside the structure, as Mr. Rosetta explains above.
12. Multiple Metal Samples - Same Recipe: Three samples of metal rivets shown above, were submitted for lab testing and all three had the same percentages of metal alloys, including the man-made metals. All three were found at different locations on the ark. We can conclude that the same blacksmith shop was used when making these special metal fittings. Photo Kevin Fisher
Comment: We are told in Genesis 4:22 that Tubal-Cain was an instructor of metal workers in brass and iron before the Flood. One should then expect to find metal in the ark to strengthen joints where timbers intersect.
14. Government National Park: This government erected sign points to the ark, 5 km up the mountain which is across the valley from Mt. Ararat. The Turkish Government declared it a national park. Visitors center was built by the government in 1987 to showcase the site. Today, many visitors frequent the site to view displays inside and to look down upon the ark. Kevin Fisher here, points the way to the ark Photo Kevin Fisher
15. Doomsday Mountain: The translation for the name of the mountain, Cesnakidag, where the ark rests, is “doomsday” for the destruction of the Flood. Photo Kevin Fisher
16. Ararat Location: The Bible says the ark came to rest “in the mountains of Ararat.” Ararat is the name for the ancient country of Urartu, marked in yellow above. The ark is located in this area and in the mountains of that former country at 6500 feet.
17. Accessible Location: Flavius Josephus, c. 90 AD, the famous Jewish historian stated, "Its remains are shown there by the inhabitants to this day." He quotes Berosus the Chaldean, c. 290 BC, who indicated tourists would take home pieces of the ark for making good-luck charms, "It is said there is still some part of this ship in Armenia, at the mountain of the Cordyaeans; and that some people carry off pieces of the bitumen, which they take away, and use chiefly as amulets for the averting of mischiefs." These comments tend to indicate its location would not be in an inaccessible area, such as on top of Mt. Ararat for instance. Photo Kevin Fisher
18. Nisir Village of Antiquity: In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient account of the Flood, the ark rested near the village of Nisir. This village is just above the ark has a former ancient name of Nasar, before 1950, which is the same name as Nisir in ancient writing methodology. 
Photo Kevin Fisher
19. Sea Anchors Nearby: In a village nearby, see Ararat in the background, right, 13 sea anchors have been found that hung from the front of the ark. This allowed the pointed front to face the oncoming waves, while the stern would move into alignment to keep the bow pointing into the waves. In these stones, holes were drilled out for ropes to go through and attach to the ark. After the storms had subsided, Noah cut the ropes to allow the ark to glide into a landing place at the mountain where it sits today. Kevin Fisher stands next to this massive stone that may have another four feet in the ground as some have said.
20. Visitors’ Center: Turkish Government built this visitors center up on the mountain overlooking the ark site. This view is back toward Mt. Ararat and Lesser Ararat one evening.
13. Metal nails found: This is an example of some of the nails that have been found. We had this tested in a lab and it contains aluminum metal and has a man-made shape. Photo Kevin Fisher
With so much evidence, why no excavation???
The Turkish Government has never issued a dig permit to anyone, even though many applications for an excavation have been submitted.
With all of this evidence, perhaps the government will finally allow an excavation.
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Kevin Fisher your web host on left, in 1997, along with Ron Wyatt on the right. Mr Wyatt was credited with finding the ark due to his persistent efforts to analyze the ark site. He made 24 trips from Nashville Tennessee to the ark in Eastern Turkey. Mr. Wyatt passed away in 1999, but this amazing discovery continues to give up more and more evidence to its authenticity. Kevin has ventured out to the ark site several times and has found evidence confirming Mr. Wyatt’s previous assumptions, that this boat shaped formation is the mortal remains of Noah’s ark.
21. New digital, high definition, resistivity scans
were obtained showing the contents of the formation. The results agree with 1985 scans done by the late Ron Wyatt.
See: www.noahsarkscans.nz
and scroll down to see the new scans
