Durupınar samples reported as 3,500-5,000 years old
AİÇÜ vice rector Faruk Kaya said initial İTÜ lab results found clayey and marine materials and indicated human activity since the Chalcolithic, adding dating alone cannot show the ship is there.
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Also known as Mount Judi, al-Jūdī, Qardu
Mountain near Cizre in Şırnak Province, identified in Syriac, Jewish and Islamic tradition (Qur'an 11:44, al-Jūdī) as the Ark's landing place.
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AİÇÜ vice rector Faruk Kaya said initial İTÜ lab results found clayey and marine materials and indicated human activity since the Chalcolithic, adding dating alone cannot show the ship is there.
No entries 1989–2022
David Fasold's book argued the Durupınar formation is the fossilised remains of the Ark and linked a nearby peak locally called Cudi to the Qur'an's al-Jūdī.
No entries 633–1987
Qur'an 11:44 says the ship came to rest on al-Jūdī, generally understood as Mount Judi (Cudi Dağı) in the former Corduene region.
Byzantine emperor Heraclius is reported to have scaled Mount Judi to visit the site of the Ark in 628 or 629.
No entries 401–627 CE
By the 5th century a legend held that Jacob of Nisibis climbed toward the Ark and received a board from it from an angel; Etchmiadzin displays a relic said to be that wood.
No entries 376–399 CE
Epiphanius of Salamis wrote that the remains of Noah's ark were "still shown in Cardyaei", the Corduene region associated with Mount Judi.