Researchers have created a 3D model of what they claim is Noah's Ark, following a boat-shaped discovery in eastern Turkey. The Noah's Ark Scans team has been investigating the Durupınar formation, a boat-shaped mound located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat.
Boat-Shaped Formation Matches Biblical Description
The team claims the formation is a 157-metre-long ship structure that "perfectly matches the biblical description of Noah's Ark found in Genesis 6." The Abrahamic story recounts how God told Noah that a great flood was coming, and to build an ark big enough for his family and for two of every kind of animal.
The team enlisted architectural mapping company FieldTech to create the scale model "of the Ark as it currently rests," based on ground-penetrating radar data taken at the site. FieldTech said in a social media post: "The red bubbles represents the voids below ground, which were determined with geophysical analysis." They added: "We represent only scientific outputs here, which are only precise topography that we scanned, and geophysical results."
Drilling and Laboratory Analysis
Researchers have finished phase one of their field investigation, which included drilling more than 60ft beneath the site. Samples collected will undergo laboratory analysis. Andrew Jones, vice-president of the Noah's Ark Research Project, told Fox News: "That's what we'll be testing this winter. Just to see if we can find any type of man-made activity or something that suggests decayed wood."
Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said last month she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the Durupınar site on September 22, she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled."
Geologists Dispute Claims
However, many geologists maintain that the formation is a natural geological feature rather than the remains of a vessel.
