The Discovery of Noah’s Ark

The Discovery of Noah’s Ark period of time. Yet very few believed in him. Finally as the result of a flood, all the people of this area were drowned. At that time, before the tempest, God commanded Noah to build a large boat (ark). Noah did so and then asked all the believers to board this ark. This ark floated on water, until finally, it reached Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. Later, when the flood subsided, all the people disembarked from the ark and settled in different parts of the world. This event dates back 5,000 years. The Quran foretold that this ark would remain preserved and would be discovered in later times to serve as a sign for mankind. In chapter 54, the Quran has this to say about the ark: “We have left this as a sign: but will anyone take heed?” (54:15). The same point has been made in chapter 29, “And We made this event a sign for mankind.” (29:15) At the end of the nineteenth century, the passengers of an aeroplane saw the remains of an ark hidden under a Glacier on Mount Ararat. But repeated efforts to find out more precise details about this was unsuccessful. Then in the twenty-first century, when as a result of global warming the glaciers began to melt, air passengers could see that a whole ark lay buried on Mount Ararat. Subsequently, a group of Chinese and Turkish Christians climbed up there. With modern equipment, they determined the exact age of the ark by carbon dating. Now it was established that this ark belonged to the very age when there had been floods during the time of Noah. The details of this discovery were reported in the media. The following news report was published in The Times of India, New Delhi, April 28, 2010: “Hong Kong: A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers said they believe they may have found Noah’s Ark— four thousand meters up a mountain in Turkey. The team say they recovered wooden specimens from a structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating proved was 4,800 years old, around the same time the ark is said to