Introduction
Noah’s Ark, תיבת נח, Safinat Nuh (سفينة نوح) or Al-Fulk (الفُلْك), has been rediscovered in the Öküz Vadisi / Ox Valley (or Southern Gorge) of greater Mount Ararat, Ağrı Dağı, Masis [Մասիս]. The prehistoric maritime barge was built in the southern Levant, by Noah and his family, who were part of the Natufian culture, near the Dead Sea. The barge moored in the Öküz Vadisi around 9,600 BC and is 158.00 m in length, 26.33 m in width, and 15.80 m in height, following Genesis 6:15. The ancient vessel dates to the Late Epipaleolithic Period (13,100-9,600 BC), and is located between 3,900 m (12,795 ft) and 4,700 m (15,420 ft) meters above sea level, 4 to 11 meters beneath the surface of the gorge, under many strata of glacial ice and lithic material.
Near entrances to the Ark, small worship areas were constructed by later cultures who venerated God at Noah’s Ark and deposited votive objects from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period (ca. 9,500) to AD 1907. Noah’s Ark is recorded in the Bible (Genesis 5-10) and Qur’an (Surah 3, 7, 11, 17, 26, 37) as an ancient, monumental, maritime barge that was constructed by Noah (Nu-hu) and his family to save his family and all animal kinds from a global flood. More than eighteen (18) people have directly witnessed the prehistoric, archaeological site of Noah’s Ark. These individuals and groups have produced an abundance of photographs, videos, and publications. Yet, they have been attacked by individuals engaged in a cultural atrocity and associated with terrorism, murder, and hypocrisy.
The purpose of this site is to gather in one location an array of resources and for contributors to provide sworn testimonies. This site also tracks the current litigation being led by the Harvard educated archaeologist and maritime executive, Joel Klenck, MA, PhD, JD, in his efforts to defend, protect, preserve, and facilitate research at Noah’s Ark. Klenck combats those trying to commit a cultural atrocity against Noah’s Ark, a shrine for three world religions and the most important archaeological site in history, the progenitor site for the Neolithic or farming revolution.