Located in the northeast corner of Turkey is Mount
Ararat, a mountain range with twin peaks. Ararat is close to
the borders of Iran and Armenia The mountain provides sustenance
for the Nomads that live there through pure mountain water, valley
crops and the herds of sheep and goats that they keep. Mount
Ararat is a volcano and experienced a serious earthquake in 1840.
There have been numerous reports throughout history of a large
boat on a mountain in this region. References in the 3rd century
B.C. suggest it was common knowledge that the Ark could still be
viewed on Mount Ararat.
The Bible says Noah's Ark was a large type of covered
barge. Overall dimensions were 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45
feet high making it the largest seagoing vessel known before 1850
A.D. The Ark was constructed of gofer wood, or cypress, smeared
without and within with resin (kopher) to render it water-tight.
The interior contained rooms distributed among three stories. The
text mentions only one window measuring a cubit in height, but
there probably existed others in each story to give air and light
as well as a sophisticated water and sewage system A door had also
been set in the side of the Ark; God shut it from the outside when
Noah and his family had gone in. Apart from Noah's family, the Ark
was intended to receive and keep animals that were to fill the
earth again and all the food which was necessary to feed them for
a year and 10 days until ( May 27 2318 B.C. ) .
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On May 17 2319 B.C., The ocean floor rapidly lifted up to a minimum of 6,500 feet due to an increase in temperature as horizontal movement of the tectonic plates accelerated. This spilled the seawater onto the land and cause massive flooding. Volcanic activity associated with the breaking up of the ocean floor created a geyser of superheated steam from the ocean causing intense global rain. These fountains of the great deep involved a series of volcanic eruptions. |