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AP reports Kurdish farmer found a petrified ship on Ararat
· by Edwin Greenwald, Associated Press
AP reporter Edwin Greenwald relayed landowner Shukru Asena's account that a farmer named Reshit found a petrified ship's prow about two-thirds of the way up Ararat.
What is claimed
A farmer named Reshit found the prow of a large petrified ship and many villagers climbed to see it.
What is established
The 1949 Smith expedition found neither Reshit nor witnesses; the account was second-hand.
Details
A 1949 expedition could not find Reshit or any witnesses. In 1986 David Fasold said the object Reshit found was the Durupınar formation, not something on Ararat.
- Claimants
- Edwin Greenwald Associated Press
- People involved
- Reşit Sarıhan
- Sites
- Mount Ararat Durupınar formation
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