Caption: Area B, Locus 2, Ararat archaeological site. Potential reliquary covering an entrance to a more ancient wood corridor covered by bitumen or resin and showing the affects of oxidation that has turned the Cyprus wood (Cupressus sp.) black. The wood corridor is more than five meters in length. Credit: PRC, Inc.
Introduction
Noah’s Ark has been rediscovered in the southern gorge of Greater Mount Ararat. The 158-meter, prehistoric, maritime barge dates to the Late Epipaleolithic Period (13,100-9,600 BC) and is located, between 3,900 and 4,700 meters above sea level, 4 to 11 meters under the surface of the gorge. Near entrances to the Ark, small worship areas were constructed by later cultures who venerated 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.