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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Peter Smith

With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone

Scopes Trial Creationism Today - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

As the colossal replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously from the countryside of northern Kentucky, Ken Ham gives the presentation he’s often repeated.

The ark stretches one and a half football fields long — “the biggest freestanding timber-frame structure in the world,” Ham says. It holds three massive decks with wooden cages, food-storage urns, life-size animal models and other exhibits.

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