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February 15, 1994
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NOAHARK3.ASC
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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Jim Shaffer.
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From: John Powell Date: 02-01-94 08:21
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To: All Msg#: 7451
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Subj.: More Ark stuff
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Area: UFO_Link InterNetwork Echo
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* Originally By: mick howland
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* Originally Re: More Ark stuff
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* Original Area: Skeptical Inquiry Echo
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From "Sunday Times" Perth Western Australia, Sunday, January 30th,
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1994.
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Excavation pictures may reveal Noah's Ark
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by Andrew Turner
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ADELAIDE: An archaeologist has released graphic photos of the
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excavation of a vessel believed to be Noah's Ark.
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Mr. Jonathan Gray says the latest discoveries at the site near Mt.
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Ararat on the Iran-Turkey border confirm it is one of history's most
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significant archaeological finds.
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And the vessel's measurements are believed to conform almost exactly
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with the 300 by 50 by 30 cubits (a cubit is about 50cm) specified by
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God when he gave the building instructions to Noah in chapter 6 of
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the book of Genesis. The Turkish government, which ordered the
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excavation of the site, is taking the find so seriously it is
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constructing a viewing platform and a four-lane highway in
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preparation for the predicted tourist boom.
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Mr. Gray, who has returned from the site, became involved in the
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excavation about two years ago. "There were some people who tended
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to suggest that it was just a freak of nature, a big rock
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formation." he said. "I am a sceptic by nature. two years ago, I
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was a big sceptic but I wanted to satisfy myself about this as I am
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so interested in archaeology. "There is enough evidence for anyone
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who really wants the truth. But we hope to be able to excavate
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enough of the remains to convince even the most hardened sceptic."
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According to the Bible, the craft was built after Noah was chosen by
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God to perpetuate the human race after floods devastated the earth.
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Mr. Gray says the flood occurred about 2345 BC.
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Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wifes and male and female
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specimens of animals were said to have been at sea for 13 months
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before floodwaters receded enough for them to return to land. Mr.
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Gray is set to return to the site later this year when underground
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investigation begins. Originally he was called in to confirm that
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the relic was archaeological and not natural. This week he released
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detailed pictures of the site and relics discovered during the
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latest dig, which concluded late last year.
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In modern-day dimensions, the three-storey "ark" is about 150m long,
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30m wide and 15m tall. Mr. Gray said the vessel, found about 2000m
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above sea level, was covered by about 2.5m of mud, caused by a
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volcanic eruption. Earthquakes in 1958 and 1977 had forced it to
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the surface, enabling detailed investigations to begin.
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Mr. Gray said radar tests on the site had revealed a structure in
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the ground, animal remains, rivets and other outlines.
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The body of the "hull" has been lifted out of the ground about 6m
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and the structure extends about 8m underground.
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"It has all the characteristics of the ark as described in the old
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records," Mr Gray said. "The structure shows rooms and passageways
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and doors and ramps."
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Hunter says his cynicism is gone
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Jonathan Gray was sceptical when he was told archaeologists had
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discovered what they believed was Noah's ark. After 26 years in the
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field, he joined American ark hunter Ron Wyatt. Mr Gray said his
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cynicism vanished. "There is enough evidence for anyone who really
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wants the truth. But we hope to be able to excavate enough of the
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remains to convince even the most hardened sceptic."
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No more work will be carried out on the Mt. Ararat site, about 2000m
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above sea level, until May when a thick layer of snow has melted.
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Mr. Gray says that when a collection of metal rivets, timber samples
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and animal remains appeared after 1991, archaeologists knew they had
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"the real thing". Subsequent testing confirmed the age and
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composition of the relics.
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The hull's 7m ribs and detailed room structures and animal remains
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were found during an expedition led by Mr Gray from October to
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December last year. One of the most startling discoveries was part
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of a pair of deer antlers. "There is a base of one," Mr Gray says.
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"It would indicate that there was an animal inside that boat-shaped,
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man-made object that shed its antler during the time it was in that
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vessel."
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--- Blue Wave/QBBS v2.12 [NR]
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* Origin: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence BBS
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