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== Searching for the Ark ==

== Searching for the Ark ==

If the Mount Ararat in present-day Turkey is indeed the Mount Ararat on which the ark came to rest, then the ark must have been covered, rotted away, moved or disassembled since then because it is not visible on the surface. <ref>http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mount+ararat&hl=en&ll=39.733594,44.288635&spn=0.63788,1.352692&sll=39.97712,39.770508&sspn=20.306998,43.286133&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10</ref>

If the Mount Ararat in present-day Turkey is indeed the Mount Ararat on which the ark came to rest, then the ark must have been covered, rotted away, moved or disassembled since then because it is not visible on the surface.<ref>http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mount+ararat&hl=en&ll=39.733594,44.288635&spn=0.63788,1.352692&sll=39.97712,39.770508&sspn=20.306998,43.286133&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10</ref>

=== Durupinar site ===

=== Durupinar site ===

== Criticisms ==

== Criticisms ==

Supporters of Noah's ark contend that such a craft was entirely possible for ancients to build and would have been very seaworthy whereas the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'s ark was not seaworthy. <ref>http://www.worldwideflood.com/objections/ancients_incapable.htm</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/noah.asp</ref><ref>http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/arksize.html</ref><ref>http://christian-thinktank.com/bigark.html</ref>  The nautical engineering firm Shearer and Associates wrote regarding the ark that it would have been structurally sound and would have had sufficient stability and buoyancy for the cargo carried. <ref>[http://asknoah.org/essay/the-past-of-our-future-secrets-of-noahs-ark The Past of Our Future: Secrets of Noah’s Ark]</ref>

Supporters of Noah's ark contend that such a craft was entirely possible for ancients to build and would have been very seaworthy whereas the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'s ark was not seaworthy.<ref>http://www.worldwideflood.com/objections/ancients_incapable.htm</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/noah.asp</ref><ref>http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/arksize.html</ref><ref>http://christian-thinktank.com/bigark.html</ref>  The nautical engineering firm Shearer and Associates wrote regarding the ark that it would have been structurally sound and would have had sufficient stability and buoyancy for the cargo carried.<ref>[http://asknoah.org/essay/the-past-of-our-future-secrets-of-noahs-ark The Past of Our Future: Secrets of Noah’s Ark]</ref>

Objections to Noah's Ark include the following:

Objections to Noah's Ark include the following: