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NAMI announces wooden structure on Ararat as Noah's Ark

· by Noah's Ark Ministries International (NAMI), Yeung Wing-cheung

Hong Kong-based Noah's Ark Ministries International said a Chinese-Turkish team entered wooden compartments at about 4,000 m on Ararat and that samples dated to about 4,800 years.

Mount Ararat's north side from the Iğdır plain (site photo, not of this event)
Site photo, not of this event. Mdegirmenci38 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

What is claimed

The team said it was "99.9 percent" sure the structure is the Ark and that wood was carbon-dated to about 4,800 years ago.

What is established

No peer-reviewed study or site location was published. Andrew Snelling later said only one test of one sample gave the 4,800 BP result; per Wikipedia, a UNESCO spokesperson said it had received no heritage request.

Claimants
Noah's Ark Ministries International (NAMI) Yeung Wing-cheung
People involved
Ahmet Ertuğrul ("Paraşüt") Andrew Yuen Man-fai
Site
Mount Ararat

Sources (4)

  1. Have Hong Kong evangelists found the biblical Noah's ark?
    South China Morning Post · published
  2. Noah's Ark found? Not so fast
    NBC News · published
  3. Has Noah's Ark Been Discovered in Turkey?
    TIME · published
  4. Searches for Noah's Ark
    Wikipedia · published

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