# Noah's Ark FOUND on Mount Ararat! (um, again...)

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**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noahs-ark-found-on-mount-ararat-um-again/537562 "2010-04-27T20:59:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noahs-ark-found-on-mount-ararat-um-again/537562/41 "2010-04-30T04:39:07Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Which, of course, poses an obvious question: _Why_ did they bother?

Probably to help out the Noah’s Ark Theme Park.

I’m embarrassed for my fellow Hong Kongers. :o

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noahs-ark-found-on-mount-ararat-um-again/537562/42 "2010-05-03T14:57:25Z")

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Found a good quote.

“I don’t know of any expedition that ever went looking for the ark and didn’t find it,” said Paul Zimansky, an archaeologist specializing in the Middle East at Stony Brook University in New York State.

from: [National Geographic](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100428-noahs-ark-found-in-turkey-science-religion-culture/)

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