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New Scans Suggest Durupinar May Hold Noah's Ark Remnants

Published 23 April 2026

Researchers from Noah's Ark Scans have announced new findings from scans and soil tests at the Durupinar Formation, a boat-shaped geological structure near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, suggesting it may contain buried remnants of the biblical Noah's Ark. The site, located about 6,500 feet above sea level and measuring roughly 515 feet long, aligns with the vessel's dimensions described in the Book of Genesis as 300 cubits in length, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.

The team, led by independent researcher Andrew Jones, conducted ground-penetrating radar and infrared thermography surveys in recent years, revealing a network of tunnels approximately four meters below the surface. These corridors, about two meters high and wide enough for a person to walk through, run along the center and inner edges of the formation, converging on a hollow central chamber that Jones described as an atrium. "These voids are lining up below the ground and they're not just random. These tunnels also follow a pattern," Jones said in an interview. He noted that the layout corresponds to the Bible's account of the Ark having three internal levels to house Noah, his family and pairs of animals...

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