Marvin Cooley Marvin Cooley

NOAH'S ARK FOUND

Moses reported the great flood and the ark that survived it in the Bible's book of Genesis. And ever since then, men have searched Mount Ararat for the remains of the craft. Ed Davis of Albuquerque was one of the few who, before his death in 2001 at age 98, claimed to have seen the ark.

In the book, Davis recounts his experiences in and near Hamadan, Iran, while serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1943. Davis was just one of five American servicemen who between 1942 and 1946 claimed to have seen the ark, either from the ground or from their planes. Mount Ararat rises from within the Turkish borders near Iran and Russia. Davis said he was shown artifacts from the ark and held them in his hands. The family of a man, who knew the location of the ark, took Davis to it.

Mountain climber, Don Shockey has himself scaled Mount Ararat three times--in 1984, 1989 and again in 1990. Thousands of people have looked at Shockey's own photographs of the mountain and what appears to be an object resting high on a northern slope. Shockey says this object is definitely Noah's Ark.

If proven, the finding of Noah's Ark would validate Christianity and set the world on its ear, Shockey said in an interview recently. Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic told Shockey it would be the single most important archaeological find in the world.

Though Shockey is retired from a long career as an optometrist, he is no anthropological amateur. Under the tutelage of Dr. Frank Hibben, renowned anthropology professor, Shockey graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology with a minor in biology and then went on to finish a degree in secondary education.

Shockey credits his belief in the ark's continued survival to its construction from gopher wood. There is no Hebrew word for gopher wood, said Shockey, but the Bible says it is the material from which the ark is constructed. Much like the process used to create modern-day laminates, gopher wood, Shockey said, was a composite material formed from strong wood and tree sap that hardened to steel strength.

The probings of Shockey and other ark hunters will likely stimulate thought, interest and discussion from now until the matter is finally proved one way or the other.

However, no one can dispute the geological facts that from the icy center of the mountains of Ararat, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are born. Between these two rivers Mesopotamia, the historical seat of civilization, took shape.

After the flood Noah came down off the mountain to re-establish life on earth and it was a fertile place that guaranteed humanity's success.
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Reply #26 Top
KarmaGirl,
I don't want to sound harsh, and I can see where you going in your reply to Dora, but listen to me very carefully. You are going to get your proof, however, it's going to come the hard way for you. You should try reading the bible and then comparing it to the world we live in. It tells you about the past, present and the future if you open your eyes. Anyway, I hope you take my advice so you don't have to learn the hard way. Mark my words Karma, God is not going to hit you with a lighting bolt, and if you want it, there is more proof out there then you could ever imagine.
Reply #27 Top
The reports of the Ark, like Da Vinci Code re-reading of Christainity is nothing but hog wash. This will buresly make a Spielber film with the title RIDERS ON THE LOST AND FOUND ARK.
Reply #28 Top
G'day Marvin,

In truth, a number of Boats sightings have occurred in the mountains of ararat. Whether or not thay are the real ark or not I can't say. One thing's for sure, when it comes to claims, I'd like to wait a little to get a bit more of an insight into things...

Some time ago a documentary was aired on tv about "The real Noah's ark". As it turns out it was an evolutionist/skeptic/secularist approach as to how the ark couldn't have been as big as it was, couldn't hold the amount of animals it was supposed to have held, etc... It was bulltish to put things plainly.
Reply #29 Top
I am a bit confused. How is this story a "current" event? Repeated reads of the article suggest that there is no new information about the reported sightings of an ark on Ararat. I'll be an eager reader when new information emerges from the mountain snow. In fact, I eagerly clicked on this article and its link hoping there would be news.

On the question of faith, I think radical claims need radical proof. Until that proof is available, we can't know for sure either way. Our opinions, then, should be flexible, although they may also be informed by hope and faith. I don't know for certain that there is a large creature previously unknown to science in Loch Ness, but I kinda hope there is. And I wait for the day when incontrovertable evidence proves that one of these mysteries (Big Foot, grey aliens, vampires, etc.) turns out to be true. The ark fits in this category for me. I think it would be kind of cool if there were some material evidence that the story of Noah (like the stories of Jericho or Troy) had some basis in archaeoligical fact. Afterall, there is geological evidence of a great flood reasonably close enough to the time the Bible sets it. -- that and, well, like vampires and cinderella the motif of the great flood appears in the folklore of every culture on the planet.

But absent new evidence, all I can offer is my hope that some of the world's great mysteries (folklore) may prove one day to be at least partially true. I was hoping there might have been some new developments on this story. Apparently not. Bummer.
Reply #30 Top
Marvin -- That magazine you read in the checkout line? The one with "Weekly World News" on the cover? Ummm...I've got some bad news about that one, buddy...
Reply #31 Top
I am confused. How was the Ark found? It was made out of wood right? Yes. So it is probably decayed. Yeah I have seen pictures but it could be anything!! I'm not saying anything that it's bad but I don't think it is possible!! Bye!!
Reply #32 Top
I am confused. How was the Ark found? It was made out of wood right? Yes. So it is probably decayed. Yeah I have seen pictures but it could be anything!! I'm not saying anything that it's bad but I don't think it is possible!! Bye!!
Reply #33 Top
Richard, the Bible may have be written by man not God but Got told the men what to write
Reply #34 Top
Interesting discussion. I think of what Jesus said..."When I come back will I even find faith on the earth?"
Reply #35 Top
If proven, the finding of Noah's Ark would validate Christianity and set the world on its ear, Shockey said in an interview recently. Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic told Shockey it would be the single most important archaeological find in the world.

Finding the Ark would validate Judaism, not Christianity, since Genesis is part of the Torah, which is the Jewish bible (also known as the “Old Testament”).
Reply #36 Top
Finding the Ark would validate Judaism, not Christianity, since Genesis is part of the Torah, which is the Jewish bible (also known as the “Old Testament”).


Opportunities to agree with you on something being so rare, I thought I'd jump in and do so while the jumpin' was good, Ben.
Reply #37 Top
I was out digging in my backyard the other day and I found some chunks of wood. Obviously this was the arc of the covenant.


Watch out, Brad. You KNOW how bad them Nazis want it!
Reply #38 Top
Ummm...I've got some bad news about that one, buddy...


I was WONDERING Why Ed Anger hadn't won the Pulitzer yet!
Reply #39 Top
I just want to know how ( ANYONE ) think's they found noha's ship (thats what they were called way back in time B,C) We are talking thousands of years of years and atleast 4 huge floods on or planet? I truely belive there is a ship of that kind but i dont think OUR GOD wants us to find it ... Im new to this an very eager to learn alot more
Reply #40 Top
I just wanted to say that I really don't understand how finding a big boat would validate Christianity.

It doesn't matter, and it misses the point, finding 'Noah's Ark' is a monumental find of extreme historical significance which could shed light on and correct our official belief of what the timeline of humanity is.

Let's not limit 'Noah's Ark' to only religious impact(s).
Reply #41 Top
I have been watching this noha stuff an took a great interest to it and christianty?? I am a believer and want to learn much more.
Reply #42 Top
If I may be so bold, I would also point out that finding a big boat, even one that fits the description, doesn't necessarily mean it is noah's ark, only that boats of that type had been made at that time. Its location might lend credence to the idea of a flood, but ancient people's hauled a lot of junk to places they shouldn't logically been able to.

In the end, if you found an ark with the Noah's name on the door and a hold full of elephant poop, it still doesn't prove the version of the story in the Bible. The story of Noah was written a LOOOOOOONG time after it was supposed to have taken place. Cultures often take historical events and 'make them their own' through revisionism.

So, you find a big boat. It would be an amazing find, but as far as the Bible goes it would mean little, only that the people who wrote the account had heard the seeds of truth in their cultural tales. Whether the other aspects of their beliefs are true or not is a matter of faith, and the fact you dig up a boat doesn't really prove them.