People Are Split As Researchers Begin Digging What They Believe Could Be Noah’s Ark

Some debaters pose scientific evidence as entirely opposed to religious beliefs. However, it might be more productive to think of science and religion as operating in different realms. One deals with the observable, testable, and repeatable methods. The other deals with faith, interpretation, and a search for meaning. But that doesn’t mean they’re always mutually exclusive.

The Noah’s Ark Scans team has been investigating a boat-shaped mound in Turkey, rumored to be the resting place of the protective vessel, since 1959. Non-destructive techniques and geophysical surveys revealed promising scans of the formation’s internal structures, which researchers deemed man-made.

Noah’s Ark is a well-known Genesis story in which Noah builds a massive wooden vessel to survive a flood meant to cleanse the earth of wickedness