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Quran Corrects the Bible, the Ark of Noah
In this article: The Ark of Noah is true, not a myth The search of the Ark of Noah on Arrat as stated in the Bible came to nothing. The Ark of Noah landed on Mount Judi as stated in the Quran Judi was never among the Urratus mountains
Summary The Ark of Noah( note that Quran says " ship", this is confirmed by the fossilized shape found in Turkey) was considered a myth for a long time. The reason why it was considered a myth was the impossibility, as they think, that a global flood can't have happened. However the Holy Quran doesn't say it was a global flood but it states that flood destroyed the nation of Noah as they were rebellious. The narration of the bible says that the Ark landed on arrat, while Arrat was a volcanic mount that came into existence after the flood. Many attempts were made to find the Ark on Mount Arrat but all proved that the Ark is not on Arrat. However, and only by chance, a photo was taken by a Turkish pilot for Mount Judi and, on studying it, he realized that a ship-like object appear in the picture. However, an earthquake helped to make the lands fall down around the Ark making it appear clearly, Many fervent missions were made to the site of the Ark, scientific procedures (such as carbon dating) were made to date the Ark and all proved that it is the Ark of Noah. So the Ark is on Mount Judi (also Codi) as mentioned in Quran and not on Arrat as stated in the Bible. We Muslims, as most Christian scholars, believe that many alterations were made into the Bible. However, to avoid any criticism, the Christian scholars when talking about the site of the Ark, they say that it is in a site located south of Arrat, they don't name it for us. Moreover, they claim that Mount Judi was within the biblical borders of the kingdom of Uratu, while, historically, Mount Judi was never among the borders of the kingdom of Uratu.
We Muslims must believe that the Holy Book is a Divine Book but in the same time, as stated in many places in Quran, it was corrupted. christian scholars admit this fact and it is not difficult to discover it yourself; many contradictions, irratinalities, scientific words, sexual stories, corrupted doctrine about God and prophets infest the entire bible.However there are many parts in the Holy Book that are divine. What about the Quran? Did it survive the ordeal of time? Scientific knowledge and reasonong prove the Quran is entirely divine while the Holy Book was changed When faced with such newly discovered findings, christian apologetics say the Holy Book is not a scientific book. They are true but at least it should not contradict science. The scientific flaws in the Bible prove that the Holy Book has been changed. It is well established that the word of God is 100% correct, it is not 99% correct. Here we, muslims, without hesitation, can say the Quran is the word of God and in the same time Christians can't claim this. Why then my dear Christian friend you still insist on following a religion that have been corrupted, if you accept Islam, you won't lose any beauties that are found in your religion because God is the source of all religions. The landing location of the Ark in the Bible and the Quran
Why mountains not a mountain " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ararat
Here Quran says that Noah's Ark rested on Mount Judi. Archeology didn't find the Ark on Arrat A lot of scientific campaigns led by the most qualified geologists and scientists aided with the most sophisticated instruments have made many successive attempts to find the Ark of Noah on Arrat mountains as mentioned in the bible, the following scientific websites that bases its articles on scientific reports show the results: 1- In 1829 the professor of philosophy at University of Dorpat Freidrich Parrott climbing Mount Ararat in search of the ship Trust bible Website Though the site is mainly concerned with preaching Christianity, it said "Noah's ark is not entombed in ice on Mt. Ararat as claimed by some" James Bryce 3- He was followed by the same way the historian and professor at the University of Oxford, James Bryce in 1876. …On this trip, he found wood on Great Ararat although he did not make a huge deal about it as he had a private idea about how it could have arrived on the mountain. The former astronaut James Irwin 4- In 1982 the former astronaut James Irwin had a new campaign to Mount of Ararat to search for Noah's Ark...On two occasions he led expeditions to Mount Ararat in Turkey in search of Noah's Ark. In 1982, he reached the 16,946-foot summit but fell on the glacier, suffering severe leg and face lacerations. He had to be carried down on horseback. A year later, he surveyed the summit by airplace, looking down for possible remains of the Ark, which according to the Book of Genesis, came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. "It's easier to walk on the moon," he said. "I've done all I possibly can, but the Ark continues to elude us Many Attempts but in Vain 5- "And since 1982, dozens climbing Mount of Ararat but they failed to find anything. Sixty years of Research A high amount of expeditions in the past 60 years tried to find remnants of the ark inside the glaciers upon the mountain with an elevation of over 5000 meters / 15000 ft. Again and again, there were reportings about wooden structures or remains under the ice - but nothing could have been certainly proved. Some researchers are now assuming that nobody is able to find anything, because searches took place on the wrong location . John Morris Geological researche John Morris Geological researcher, Geological researcher John Morris says''
Dr. Charles Wales' Attempts Dr. Charles Wales led four missions to explore Mount of Ararat.
The Story of Finding the Ark In 1959, Turkish army captain Llhan Durupinar discovered an unusual shape while examining aerial photographs of his country. The smooth shape, larger than a football field, stood out from the rough and rocky terrain at an altitude of 6,300 feet near the Turkish border with Iran. This mountainous land was originally part of the Kingdom of Armenia, a country that is thousands of years old and often considered the "first Christian nation", until the Turks took it over at the beginning of the 20th Century. Capt. Durupinar was familiar with the biblical accounts of the Ark and its association with Mount Ararat in Turkey, but he was reluctant to jump to any conclusions. The region was very remote, yet it was inhabited with small villages. No previous reports of an object this odd had been made before. So he forwarded the photographic negative to a famous aerial photography expert named Dr. Brandenburger, at Ohio State University. Brandenburger was responsible for discovering the Cuban missile bases during the Kennedy era from reconnaissance photos, and after carefully studying the photo, he concluded: "I have no doubt at all, that this object is a ship. In my entire career, I have never seen an object like this on a stereo photo."
In 1960 the picture [above] was published in LIFE magazine under the heading of Noahs Ark? That same year a group of Americans accompanied Capt. Durupinar to the site for a day and a half. They were expecting to find artifacts on the surface or something that would be unquestionably related to a ship of some kind. They did some digging in the area but found nothing conclusive and announced to the anxiously waiting world that it appeared to be a natural formation. Most of the global media turned away from the find and it became a non-story. In 1977 Ron Wyatt visited the site. Obtaining official permission, Ron and others conducted more thorough research over a period of several years. They used metal detection surveys, subsurface radar scans, and chemical analysis -- real science -- and their findings were startling. The evidence was undeniable. This was the Ark of Noah. #1 -- the Visual Evidence The first part of the survey was to examine the object and take its measurements. The shape looked like the hull of a ship. One end was pointed as you would expect from bow [below: D] and the opposite end was blunt like a stern. The distance from bow to stern was 515 feet, or exactly 300 Egyptian cubits. The average width was 50 cubits. These were the exact measurements mentioned in the Bible. On the starboard side (right) near the stern there were four vertical bulges protruding from the mud [B], at regular intervals, that were determined to be the "ribs" of the hull [see below]. Opposite to these, on the port side, a single rib [A] protrudes from the mud. You can see its curved shape very clearly. Surrounding it are more ribs, still largely buried in the mud, but visible upon close examination. Remember that this object, if it is the Ark, is extremely old. The wood has been petrified. Organic matter has been replaced by minerals from the earth. Only the shapes and traces of the original wood remain. Perhaps this is why the expedition in 1960 was disappointed. They anticipated finding and retrieving chunks of wood, long since eroded. From the position of the object in the middle of an obvious mudflow, it is obvious that the object slid down more than a mile from its original location. Geologists believe it was originally over 1000 feet higher in the mountain and encased in a shell of hardened mud. They think that an earthquake in 1948 cracked the mud shell and revealed the structure. This is confirmed by stories from the surrounding villagers who tell of its "sudden appearance" around that time. Biblical accounts of the Ark describe it as having as many as six levels. The assumed shape of the Ark seems consistent with the bulge [C] in the middle of the object. In fact, as we will soon learn, radar scans of the structure suggest that this bulge is the collapsed debris of these levels. Although most people think of the Ark as being rectangular, that only applies to the top decks. The sleek shape of the hull is necessary to enable the huge ship to remain stable in the water and survive tremendous waves. #2 -- Ground Penetrating Radar The human eye needs to see reflected light to recognize an object. To visualize what remains below the earth, scientists use microwaves which can penetrate the ground and bounce back when they hit something solid. This technique is commonly used to locate oil and other minerals. Called Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), the apparatus is made from an antenna that transmits, then listens to receive the "echo" and prints the result on a piece of paper. The delay and strength of this echo tell the geologists how solid and at what depth the objects are under the earth.
The team of geologists didn't scan the entire object. Instead, they marked out lines that crossed the object with yellow tape. Then they dragged the antenna (about the size of a lawnmower) over the lines and watched the output on the paper recorder. When they got a strong "hit" -- meaning there was something solid underneath -- they would record the position on the tape [above]. Later, when they made a map of the object, the tape and the location of the "hits" they realized that there was indeed a structure underneath the mud.
-- Ron Wyatt of SIR Imaging team
The radar scans revealed this structure [above] under the mud. The symmetry and logical placement of these objects shows that this is unmistakably a man made structure, most likely the Ark of Noah. #3 -- Artifacts retrieved from the Ark Using the GPR, Ron Wyatt discovered an open cavity on the starboard side. He used an improvised drill to make core sample inside this cavity and retrieved several very interesting objects. Below you can see the artifacts which were sent for laboratory analysis. On the left is the bore hole [see below], followed by what turned out to be petrified animal dung, then a petrified antler and lastly a piece of cat hair.
Even more amazing artifacts were found Perhaps the most significant find from the Ark itself is a piece of petrified wood. When this was first found it appeared to be a large beam. But upon closer examination it is actually three pieces of plank that have been laminated together with some kind of organic glue! This is the same technology used in modern plywood. Lamination makes the total strength of the wood much greater than the combined strength of the pieces. This suggests a knowledge of construction far beyond anything we knew existed in the ancient world.
Tests by Galbraith Labs in Knoxville, Tennessee, showed the sample to contain over 0.7% organic carbon, consistent with fossilized wood. The specimen was once living matter. Examination reveals the glue oozed from the layers. The outside of the wood appears to have been coated with bitumen. Even more surprising were laboratory analyses which not only revealed that the petrified wood contained carbon (proving it was once wood) but there were iron nails [above right] embedded in the wood! We like to imagine that humanity evolved in a neat sequence of eras, each named after the technology that was discovered. We have the Stone Age (where man developed arrows and stone tools), the Bronze Age (where metals were combined and heated to make tools and household items) and lastly the Iron Age (where iron and steel objects were made by heating iron ore and adding other material -- like charcoal -- to strengthen it). The Iron Age is usually placed at 1200-1000 BC, yet we have iron nails being used in this extremely old construction. But wait... there's more! The most surprising find was discovered with sensitive metal detectors. The team located several strong "hits" that, when dug up, revealed large disc shaped rivets. From simple observation of the metal it was possible to see where the rivet had been hammered after being inserted through a hole [below].
If rivets being used in ancient construction doesn't impress you, this surely will. An analysis of the metal used to make the rivets revealed that they were a combination of iron (8.38%), aluminum (8.35%) and titanium (1.59%). Remember these trace metals have survived petrification and so do not indicate the exact content in the original material. (see Report from Galbraith Labs) We know the aluminum was incorporated in the metallic mixture because it does not exist in metallic form in nature. This implies an extremely advanced knowledge of metallurgy and engineering. Characteristics of an iron-aluminum alloy have been investigated in The Russian Chemical Bulletin (2005) and reveal that this alloy forms a thin film of aluminum oxide which protects the material from rust and corrosion. The addition of titanium would provide added strength. This seems to have worked. The rivets have survived from antiquity! The surrounding area has more surprises Several miles from the location of the Ark, huge stones were discovered, some standing upright while others lying on the ground. These stones, weighing many tons, have holes carved in them. Scientists have determined that they were anchors and the holes would have been their attachment to a ship with hemp rope.
Often these stones will have crosses carved in them, from centuries ago when pilgrims made the journey to visit the Ark. Yes, the Ark was well known in the Middle Ages and even before. And its location was recorded in many historical documents.
The huge anchors would have been suspended from the keel of the ship. This was a common practice among ancient mariners to stabilze a heavy ship and ensure that the bow is always facing the on-coming waves. A "top heavy" ship, such as the Ark, could easily be capsized by a wave approaching from the side. This is yet further proof that Noah's Ark was a reality and that it has indeed been found in Turkey. After Noah's Ark landed When Dr. Brandenburger originally examined and enlarged the photographs of the "strange object" in Turkey, he also saw hundreds of ancient foundations in the region, suggesting to him that this might have been the first town established after the flood, as described in the Bible. Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. -- Genesis 10:30
Archaeological teams have found many ruins and ancient graves. Many human ribs have been excavated and sent to laboratories for dating. In the midst of this alleged "first city" of Noah, there is an unusual and prominent structure, about 10 feet in diameter, that many believe to be the altar on which Noah made his first sacrifice. taken from: http://www.viewzone.com/noahx.html Noah's Ark has been found on Judi, not on Arrat
However Christian sources always claim that the Ark was found 200 miles( other sources make the distance far shorter) south of Arrat but they are always hesitate to tell us what is the name of that area which is in the south of Arrat. http://www.arksearch.com/najudi.htm#Actual%20Mount%20Judi We come to the published the scientific research in order to know where the ship rested.
The Real Noah's ArkThe ark rests upon Cesnakidag (or Cudi Dagi) Mountain, which is translated as "Doomsday" Mountain. There is no reason to assume it is a more likely candidate for the resting place of the ark, instead it is a less likely candidate. The ark came to rest in the mountains of the ancient country of Urartu, not on Mt. Ararat.
…Until recently planes and helicopters have not been allowed to fly around the mountain, which makes the search for the ark extremely difficult. It is near Al Judi, that the ark is reportedly resting. http://www.parentcompany.com/search_for_noahs_ark/sfna3.htm cudi.info
galaxie.com Journal: Bible and the Spade Volume: BSPADE 19:4(Fall 2006) Author: Bill Course and Gordon Franze Article: Mount Cudi- True Mountain of Noah Ark Mount Cudi — True Mountain of Noah's Ark Bill Crouse and Gordon Franz (A defense of the Cudi Dagh site has been published previously by Bill Crouse in Archaeology and Biblical Research vol. 5, #3, Summer 1992; TJ vol. 15(3); and in The Explorers of Ararat, edited by B.J. Corbin, chapter 7.) For its historical claims the first eleven chapters of Genesis are possibly the most attacked section of the entire Bible, and the story deemed most implausible, without a doubt, is the story of Noah's Ark. That there could be such a great flood, a ship of 450–500 feet in length containing pairs of every air-breathing animal in the land, and only eight survivors, is usually treated by most critics as the equivalent of a nursery tale for children. Hence, it's no secret that theological liberals view the Biblical story of Noah's Ark as "the impossible voyage,"1 and we suspect, for many evangelicals, the search for Noah's Ark constitutes "the impossible quest."2 Though evangelicals fully believe that the Flood was a historical event, the attempt to discover the Ark's remains stretches credulity. The whole issue of the search for Noah's Ark is not helped by the fact that its "discovery" is frequently announced by a press that is not only gullible, but also enables the spread of sensational stories by indulging those looking for a moment of publicity. All would agree that the discovery of the Ark's remains would be a find unprecedented in the history of archaeology. Finding an artifact from antediluvian times would be second to none, with the potential to alter the currents of thinking in several disciplines. Nevertheless we do make such a claim, as we believe the German geologist, Dr. Friedrich Bender, discovered remains of Noah's Ark of the Biblical Flood story in 1953. His scientific test results, coupled with other historical studies presented here, give credence to the idea that the final berth of Noah's ship has, in fact, been located. (See the Bender article later in this issue.) The modern search for Noah's Ark began in 1948 when an alleged eyewitness claimed he stumbled onto the Ark high on the snowcap of Mt. Ararat (Smith 1950: 10). Since then others have made similar claims. Based on these alleged eyewitness accounts, many expeditions have been launched, innumerable hours have been spent in research, and large sums have been spent trying to verify what many critics said was a waste of time. http://www.galaxie.com/article/6658 Middle East Explorer , Mount Judi Trust Bible Has Noah's ark been found in Turkey? Noah's ark is not entombed in ice on Mt. Ararat as claimed by some you can visit the remains of Noah's ark today in Turkey, in the mountains of Ararat, 17 miles South of Mt. Ararat at the base of Mt. Judi (Al Judi), resting at 6000 feet. The mountains of Ararat refer to an area not a specific mountain Again the correct Distance between Arrat and Judi is 200 miles http://www.trustbible.com/ark.htm galaxie.com Church of GOD Church of God believes that Noah's Ark landed on Mt.Judi (Cudi) Allahu Akbar A QUICK NOTE on NOAH'S ARK: Church of God believes that Noah's Ark landed on Mt.Judi (Cudi) in Northern Iraq near the border with Turkey around 2419 BC. Cudi is a 6000-7000 foot mountain with some flat promenades. Historical evidence establishes many sightings of it over the centuries. Not anything of the Ark remains today!! Various peoples plundered its wood since then. When the Flood receded, the lower mountain tops nearby were seen. The mountains of Ararat & others could NOT be seen 200 miles away. After the dry land was seen, volcanic or earthquake activity pushed up the mountains of Ararat, which are volcanic. There was an earthquake under Ararat last century that destroyed a monastery made of hard wood that created the Ahora Gorge. Church of God believes an expedition should be made to Mt.Cudi & its environs to find the Ark's landing spot. Church of God can not finance this expedition, but we still pronounce its need. (The US military knew by the 1970s that Noah's Ark was not on Mt. Ararat.) We also will encourage until accomplished the building of an exact replica of the Ark as a memorial to prove to the world the actuality & truth of the Bible. An exact replica of the Ark should be built & towed out into the Persian Gulf to prove the Ark could float & provide for Noah & the animals for 376 days. The Ark was viable; it did hold ALL those animals. THERE WAS A FLOOD! The US military knew by the 1970s that Noah's Ark was not on Mt. Ararat Noah's Ark Search One big reason why Cudi has become more popular recently is that a geologist, Dr. Friedrich Bender of Germany, found bits of wood containing asphalt on the summit of Cudi under 0.8-1.0 meters in depth In 1953. These fragments were carbon-dated around 1971 to 6,500 years before the present time. Dr. Willis' and Bill Crouse's theory is that this wood was part of Noah's Ark On his page on Wikipedia Ron Wyatt says: Noah's Ark (the Durupınar site, located 18.25 miles south of Mount Ararat) Again it is not Arrat but Judi Mount, I wonder why they always say Arrat, why don't they openly Gudi(RED line is mine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wyatt Cudi page on Wikipedia says: In the 1980s, adventurer and self-styled archaeologist Ron Wyatt and his colleague David Fasold claimed to have discovered Noah's Ark at Durupınar, some twenty miles from Mt. Ararat near a mountain locals called Cudi Dağı http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Judi Mount Ararat or Mount Judi We quote the following excerpts: "Noah's Ark has been found on the Turkish-Iranian border, 32 kilometres from Mount Ararat, according to the leader of a team of scientists that has been investigating the site for six years" "At 170 metres long and 45 metres wide, it conforms almost exactly to the 300 cubit by 50 cubit boat that God told Noah to build, according to Genesis 6 in the Bible" There is a mountain named Judi. There is a mountain named Ararat. They are both located within the bounds of the Biblical region of Ararat (Urartu). It is very possible that both the Bible and the Qur'an speak in unison on this issue. Could it be that both Mount Ararat and Mount Judi are the same location? As you can see, some of today's authors use the two words and locations interchangeably regarding the location of the Ark http://www.arksearch.com/najudi.htm The biggest site says the Ark has been found on Judi http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/ This is the biggest site deal with topics regarding the Ark of Noah This site runs its discussion without bearing in minds what the Quran says. It only refers to Genesis when talking about the dimensions described in the holy book and the one found. It also compares between the Ark and the most ancient ones discovered The site gives some satellite pictures in which you can see Arrat mountain clearly covered with ice while there is an arrow pointing to the place where the ship landed and the town where Noah is supposed to have lived. This site is dedicated to bringing information to light about the location and nature of Noah's Ark and the ancient city of Naxuan http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/spaceshot.htm http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/earthmom.htm This is a zoomed in section of the actual 1959 Turkish Air Force mapping photograph
http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/ark-seron.htm
It is the ship of Noah The dimensions of the Ark-mold shape at Uzengili on the slopes of the mountain called locally Cudi Dagi (pronounced Judi in Turkish), fit precisely into a 50 x 300 square-measure rectangle using the 22 inch cubit. http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/pr20021011.htm The south of Mount Arrat is Judi Mount This slide show is designed to give you strong visual evidence that the remains of the ark of Noah lie on a mountain 17 miles south of Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey. The ark ruins are situated in the "mountains of Urartu" ( hary urartu), as recorded in the Bible in Genesis 8:4. The very popular Mount Ararat will never produce an "ark of Noah," unless there were two Noahs and two arks. All of the pertinent evidence for Noah's ark and his post flood city "Mesha," ( later called Naxuan ), is found on this mountain, named anciently "Cordu," (which means "Mountain of the Kurds" ). http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/Slide1.htm Another Source The Ark of Noah's final impression is located in the narrowest part of an earthslide at 6,200 feet above sealevel, on a mountain in eastern Turkey, about a mile west of the Turkish / Iranian border and 17 miles south of Mount Ararat. http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/Slide2.htm Another source says: Here we see another artist's rendition, based on the evidence, and the shape of the mountain, precisely how the ark would have landed on Mt. Cudi pronounced "Judi" (the "mountain of the Kurds) http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/1.htm Turkish Military Map http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/turkmap.htm My Rebuttal to the Claim that Judi Mount can also be Arrat Mount Our Christian scholars friends always find themselves obliged to wrestle with science in order to prove that the Bible is 100% the word of God, it is Ok but in cases or in points of indifferences between Quran and Bible, we Muslims should defend the authenticity of the Holy Quran. We Even claim that Quran corrects the Bible. The Holy Book scientists propagate that the Ark of Noah was found on Arrat. The most honest among them say that the Ark was found (200 miles, other sources say 32 miles, other sources says 170 miles, other sources says 20 miles) but they always insist on not telling us what the name of this mount is. However , when faces with the scientific truth, they say Mount Judi was within the Borders of Uratu kingdom and all the mountains in the kingdom can be called Arrat. However the kingdom of Uratu hadn't been there in the time when Moses wrote Genesis. The Bible is supposed to be God's word but it was altered, the Holy Book itself says that it was changed: 36And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.Jeremiah 23:36 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.Jeremiah 8:8 8Behold, ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.Jeremiah 7:8 32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. 4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.Psalms 56:4
The Holy Quran says as regard the fact that it correct the bible: the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it.(5:48)
Either Moses was not the writer of Genesis or the revelation mistakenly determined the place where the Ark landed but we always believe that God' revelation is 100% correct. Noah's Ark Search website says From Assyrian texts, Urartu is known to have existed from about the late 13th century BC to the 9th century BC as a loose federation of tribes near Lake Van and the Araxes river, and thus near the traditional Mount Ararat (Agri Dagh) http://noahsarksearch.com/urartu.htm Memedu.dk website says that Moses wrote the book of Genesis in the 15th century BC while tribes of Ararat found in this place at the 13th century BC, this means that Moses wrote Genesis 200 years before this tribes formed a kingdom. "From Assyrian texts, Urartu is known to have existed from about the late 13th century BC to the 9th century BC as a loose federation of tribes. However, if one takes a conservative view of Moses writing Genesis in the 15th century BC rather than the 13th century BC, then Urartu would have been known even in that era. The Urartian Kingdom existed from the 9th century BC until the 6th century BC when it was destroyed by the Medes and vanished from history, only to be rediscovered in the archaeology of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Thus there exists the possibility of a mis-interpretation of Genesis by post-Christian writers and Armenians restricting the Ark's landfall to the smaller Araxes valley area including Mount Ararat rather than the larger Urartian region or "mountains of Urartu" as described by Moses in Genesis. However, some of this is speculation since there are no cross-references in 15th century BC writing so no one really knows exactly where Moses was referring to when he stated that the ark came to rest on the "mountains of rrt" "no one really knows exactly where Moses was referring to when he stated that the ark came to rest on the "mountains of rrt" http://www.memedu.dk/baivietchiase/noa.htm swau.edu website says
Ararat was the Hebrew version of the name, not of the mountain but the country around it, the old Armenian homeland, whose name at other times and in other tongues appears variously as Erirath, Urartu, etc. The prophet Jeremiah (LI,27), writing in 600 BC speaks of ‘the kingdom of Ararat,' which kingdom at that time called itself Urartu. Hence, the ‘Mountains of Ararat' may mean any part of the tangled mountain mass of the country. The Armenians never called the colossus of the range, Ararat; to them that mighty peak was ‘Masis At the time Moses wrote Genesis, Agri Dagh was not within the kingdom of Ararat (Urartu), but the area containing Jebel Judi was (see fig. 2). Although archeology has brought to light some remains from the 3rd and 2nd millenia B.C. from the area we call the Kingdom of Urartu (Plotrovsky, 1969); "there is at present no sound evidence attesting to the existence of The Kingdom [of] before the ninth century B.C". "Most of the reports mention Mount Ararat as the place where the ark was seen. This should not be surprising since, as previously noted, to western minds, any mountain found to hold the ark would, by definition, be called Mount Ararat" http://origins.swau.edu/papers/global/noah/default.html Either that Moses did not mean this area when he (Mountains Ararat) in Genesis, or that it actually is not Moses who wrote the books of Genesis. Second geographically Climatic conditions on Arrat Mount Arrat is not the suitable place to find the Ark on it, it is all the time covered with ice, also the Turkish army has trained there, no single sign of the existence of the Ark was found there. All About Turkey website says Ararat is a dormant volcano; the last eruption was on June 2, 1840. At present the upper third of the mountain is covered with snow all the time http://www.allaboutturkey.com/ararat.htm Ron Wyatt, the discoverer of the Ark rejected the claim that the Ark could be on Arrat for the same reasons, he says on his website: Also to be considered are the volcanic eruptions which have occurred on Mt. Ararat. One of the most recent eruptions in the early 1800's http://www.wyattmuseum.com/noahsark.htm So we conclude that the impossibility of the existence or survival of the ship on Mount of Ararat because it is a volcanic mountain, and it was a volcanic eruption in 1840 could hide anything was present on the mountain. The Christian scholars try hard to move Judi Mount to be included within the borders of the Uratu kingdom. However the maps of the Ancient world show that Mount Judi was never within the borders of the Uratu kingdom. Noah's Ark Search website says
http://noahsarksearch.com/cudi.htm courtesy to IbnMaryam website
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