- MOSCOW (ANSA) -- An expedition
organized by the Russian "Unknown Planet" association claimed
having discovered Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat.
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- The news was broken by mission director Andrey Polyakov,
a linguist and documentaryist, at the "Unknown Planet" website,
which makes films on Earth mysteries, as well as in an interview with the
Russian press.
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- In the past, specialists had claimed that the remains
of Noah's Ark--an enormous petrified wood structure which corresponded
to the measurements given in the Bible, had been photographed from space.
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- Polyakov claims having obtained authorization from Turkish
authorities for ascending Ararat, which is closed due to security reasons.
"The Ark is not on Ararat's summit, but rather some 30 kilometers
away," he noted. "The Bible itself states that it wasn't on Ararat,
but in the Mountains of Ararat."
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- "It's an enormous petrified wood structure, 150
meters long, 25 wide, and 15 tall, resembling a vessel as large as a football
field," he added.
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- Polyakov added that the expedition found traces of enormous
rocks which could have been "anchors". "But there are so
many that one could think of a flotilla of ships, rather than a single
vessel." According to Kurdish sources cited by Polyakov, after a tremendous
earthquake in 1948, the ship was severed in two halves--one of which points
upward with a height of 2 meters. The other remains buried. "It is
now a matter for academics to determine with certainty if it is indeed
the Ark," said the researcher, who announced an upcoming mission to
the zone.
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- http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/rubriche/variedades/20031101123032741138.html
- Translation (C) 2003. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic
Ufology.
- Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
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