Section 1 Chapter 7 – How could a boat get up in the mountains?
It is one thing to discuss a bible story, and yet another to consider just how a ship of any description could end up in the mountains. A Geologist might tell you that the topography must have been altered over time to accommodate such a revelation, an Anthropologist would say that kind of story is just a fable, an Evolutionist would deny any event altogether that seemed to validate the Scriptures. Yet, anyone taking a fair look at the site in question, would be hard-pressed to ignore all the physical evidence indicating that the formation reveals a man-made structure (a ship). Of course, it is quite easy to turn away from any such evidence due to a preconceived ideology, as the bible predicts, many would proclaim a willing ignorance (2 Peter 3), that’s being stupid on purpose.
This publication will not be for that group. It is for free thinking individuals, open minded folks that have not been programmed as to what to think, particularly when considering biblical topics. I have been to the Durrupinar site in Eastern Turkey 30 times, not only for my own satisfaction and research, but to present a fair accounting of the find. I was not willing to take someone else’s biased perspective, especially from those who never visited the site, and feel threatened to what the evidence reveals.
One of the convincing features in the general area that confirms it was covered in water for an extended period of time, is the abundance of petrified corral. Corral grows in the sea, as most folks would understand this, some may not realize however, the speed at which coral grows will depend on the environment and species, corals are one of the slowest growing organisms. Given their timely growth, they are also one of the oldest habitats in the oceans today. Per year coral can be expected to grow anywhere from half an inch up to 8 inches. The ‘massive coral’ species is the slowest growing, falling at the lower end of the scale. Species such as ‘branching’ and ‘staghorn’ can grow much faster. The area surrounding the remains of Noah’s ship appear to have been underwater for perhaps 1-2 years. There is a considerable amount of petrified coral in the area, some much larger than 8”.
Remember the ship would have made landfall at that higher elevation then the current resting place, since it can be demonstrated that it slid to its current location. Also, flood waters would have been continually reseeding years after the flood. The valley below had become an inland sea, that existed for centuries. The lava cliffs near Ararat are hundreds of feet high, an indication that the inland sea was quite extensive, and as eruptions from the developing volcano (Ararat) spued its lava down the mountainside it would cool rapidly as it hit the water.
In the region also are a numerous variety of marine and plant fossils. In a Daily News article July 8, 2020 reports fossils discovered in the rocks falling from the summit of the mountain in the eastern province of Iğdır’s Tuzluca district were examined by academics. A team of palaeontologists examined fossils found on Turkey’s highest mountain and discovered that the area surrounding Mount Ararat was close to the shores of an ancient sea in the early Miocene period. The fossils were found during an expedition around Mount Ararat in Ildir province and were handed over to specialists at Ildir University and Ataturk University for investigation. The results of the studies carried out on the fossils revealed that they contained fragments of ancient palm leaves that only grow in the sea.
After obtaining these results, paleontologists inspected the places where the fossils had been discovered and found additional samples of ancient leaves, which also revealed pieces of a palm tree, which normally grows by the sea. These were found in the fossils at the foot of the mountain, which is known as “Turkey’s roof” due to its height. “This region was by the sea in the Miocene period, that is, approximately 23 to 55 million years ago,” said Levent Gültekin, a scientist from Erzurum’s Atatürk University.
Even though the scriptures are in total opposition to millions of years of planetarian and natural human development, the physical evidence examined by local academics is a testimony that the area was covered with water in the past. We believe this verifies physical evidence of the great flood the bible reveals.
Mr. Gultekin stressed that the countryside of the province is the coastal area of the Paratetis Sea where palm trees were located. “Palm trees were here millions of years ago, and scientific evidence is available,” he added. Celalettin Gözüaçık and Belkıs Muca Yiğit, two academics from Iğdır University, also supported claims that the region was once by the sea, and the biggest proof of this was the palm leaves.
It is interesting that some scientists don’t want to consider that the evidence they find actually verifies the Scriptures. A perfect example is the Grand Canyon in Arizona, two scientists can be looking at the very same evidence, even at the very same time and then come to two diametrically opposed interpretations. It really depends on your life view and the answer to life’s 4 basic questions: Who am I? – where did I come from? – Where am I going? – and how am I going to get there? Unfortunately, for too many they allow some other person (s) to answer those questions.
Another mountain of notoriety that happens to be the tallest, Mount Everest in the Tibetan region adds to Ararat’s statement. The very interesting feature about this mountain other than its height (over 29,000’ in height), is that it has as well been covered with water. The top 3,000’ is sedimentary rock, which is rock dried from mud and this once soft soil is full of petrified clams (in the closed position), which indicated they were buried very quickly, not having the time to open. The news of these anomalies is often suppressed in the academic record for obvious reasons, it goes counter to the theory by evolutionist that there was a global flood. I would invite all to follow the true science and not a hyped theory and agenda.
These fossil discoveries and validations that the area was “near the sea”, is the closest step the evolutionary community will come to the biblical statement that the area was completely flooded by the global deluge. This flood provided the waterway for the Ark of Noah to be deposited just where God wanted it to be, “in the mountains of Urartu.”