Why people keep looking for Noah’s Ark in a natural rock formation in Turkey: A scholar of early Christianity explains
A scholar of early Christianity traces renewed interest in the Durupınar formation in eastern Turkey, a boat-shaped rock feature that a Turkish army captain first noticed in 1959 and that has been promoted since as the possible remains of Noah's Ark.
A new research team from Sivas Cumhuriyet University, partnered with a U.S. Christian organization called Noah's Ark Scans, describes preliminary findings as potentially consistent with a ship shape, even as social media claims go further, calling the formation confirmed man-made.
The piece notes that a 1960 expedition and decades of subsequent geological analysis, including work by David Fasold, the formation's former champion, concluded it is a natural limestone formation shaped by landslide and erosion, not a wooden vessel, with university officials saying lab evaluation will continue into 2027.
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