What is the mystery of Noah's Ark's disappearance?
Noah built the ark out of wood according to God's command. The ark is 360m long, 23m wide and13.6m high. It is divided into three layers, which is as large as 15000 tons. The ark was completely completed, and Noah's family and all the animals were divided into seven groups, one male and one female, and moved into the ark. Soon, dark clouds were gathering, lightning and thunder broke out, and the disaster began. The fountain in the deep water cracked and the window in the sky opened. It rained for 40 days and nights in a row, and God finished his terrible punishment. Sin is gone, so is life. The land is vast, but the ark keeps drifting in the flood. According to the Bible, after 150 days, the water gradually receded and Noah's Ark stopped at the top of Mount Ararat (now eastern Turkey). After another 40 days, Noah released the pigeon, and the pigeon brought back an olive leaf, indicating that the flood had subsided. Until now, we still regard the image of a dove with olive leaves as a symbol of peace. So Noah walked out of the ark with all the creatures, returned to the ground and rebuilt his home. God warned, "You should reproduce, and don't do evil. Who shed blood, his blood will be shed by others ... "
The story of Noah's Ark is a legend about 6000 years ago. It is not only clearly recorded in the Old Testament, but also recorded a similar flood story on the clay tablet excavated from the library of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria, which is called the oldest library in the world. Today, the number of people who know the story of Noah's Ark-Christians, Jews and Muslims-has reached more than 654.38+05 billion. Who but Christians will believe this bizarre myth? Originally, the story should have ended here, but in 19 16, Russian pilot Lamy found a blue thing on the top of the mountain when he was flying over the Ararat mountain. Curiosity prompted him to fly back and observe carefully. He was surprised to see a ship as big as a house with doors on one side, one of which was destroyed. This adventure was quickly reported to Tsar Nicholas II. At that time, he ordered an expedition, but due to the outbreak of the October Revolution, the plan fell through. In fact, Lamy was not the first person to discover Noah's Ark. As early as the17th century, the Dutchman Toyes wrote a book "I Found Noah's Ark" with illustrations of the ark. At 1800, Americans Hu Wei and Xun Yu, and at 1892, the bishop of Jerusalem and the local Turkish shepherd all said that they had seen the ark.
Mount Ararat is located at the eastern end of Turkey, near the Iranian border. It is an extinct volcano with an altitude of 5065 meters. The top of the mountain has been covered by glaciers since ancient times. Legend has it that there is Noah's ark on the top of the mountain. However, the Armenians who live here regard this mountain as a sacred mountain and believe that people will be punished by God if they reach the top. No one has climbed for a long time. But this mystery was finally proved. 1792, an Estonian mountaineer named Flier Richie Parod successfully climbed Mount Ararat for the first time. Subsequently, at 1850, the Turkish survey team led by Colonel Gerchiko also reached the peak. 1876, James Burrarrais, a British aristocrat, found sawdust in a rock area about 4,500m high on the Holy Mountain, and announced the news that he found the remnants of the Ark.
After World War II, a Turkish pilot took pictures of the ark. Since then, the "Ark" is no longer a verbal rumor, but a physical object with photos. What's even more surprising is that after the photo is enlarged, the hull is 150 meters long and 50 meters wide, which is similar to the legendary ark. From 65438 to 0949, Dr. Aaron Smith of the United States organized an expedition to Mount Ararat, with the goal of exploring Noah's Ark, but failed to achieve the goal. 1952, French polar explorer Jean Dolique organized an expedition and successfully climbed to the top of Ararat. However, nothing about Noah's ark was found. However, at that time, a player named Joan Fernand Navarra thought, "Noah's Ark must have been left somewhere in Mount Ararat, and I want to make sure with my own eyes." He made up his mind that in July of 1953, he took his youngest son, Raphael, who was 1 1, and tried to climb the summit of Mount Ararat for the third time. It was their unswerving desire that finally found the fragments of Noah's ark. They dug out a part of the glacier and brought back a board. This ancient board was later sent to research institutes in Spain, France, Egypt and other countries for scientific research. The results show that this is a wooden board treated with special anticorrosive paint. According to carbon 14, it has a history of at least 4484 years, which is the age when the legendary "Ark" was built. People were shocked. There were pictures and objects. Fernand firmly believed that he had found Noah's Ark. Later, based on these exploration results, he wrote a book called I Found Noah's Ark, which was published in 1956. He also gave lectures all over the world, which aroused strong repercussions.
However, some people question that even if there is a catastrophic flood, the water level of the earth will not rise to the height of 5000 meters. Why is the Ark on the top of Ararat? Is it crustal change? Americans C.J. Kazuo and S.D. Scottus think:
Even if there was a flood in Noah's time 5000 years ago and it was ravaged by miles of water, what would the surface of the earth look like today? Even the highest mountain will have traces of erosion by running water. But this is not the case. In addition, the frozen area of1.20 thousand years ago should always show signs of being changed by water, but it is still the same. No matter how high the altitude is, those exposed glacier faults remain in their original state.
From a scientific point of view, the statement that Noah's Ark appeared in history is unconvincing. If the ark was finally put on hold near the top of Ararat Mountain 5000 years ago, it should have been moved to a lower plateau by glacier movement. The ark has at least been fragmented to some extent, and the wood has been scattered on the lower slopes of Mount Ararat. As far as we know, no one has ever found such a large amount of wood, let alone the wreckage of the ark.
The photos of "Ark" provided by people are obviously vague, and it takes a lot of imagination to recognize this giant Ark from many similar natural contours dotted on the mountain peak and its nearby hillside. Speaking of the ark wood discovered by Navarra, some age values obtained from three different laboratories show that its age is between 1250 and 1700, which is too close to the "ark theory".
You can imagine that there was a big flood in Mesopotamia 5000 years ago, and the Noah family foresaw the signs of flooding in the local rivers. So they built a boat, stored enough materials, and left a boat space for the livestock out of natural impulse. The flood caused great loss of life and property. A few days later, the ship ran aground on some highland or hill. Over time, the legend of this great event was handed down as a well-known story of Noah's Ark. The views of Kazuo and scottu are scientific.
The most shocking news is in recent years. David, an American scholar, found a big ship on the top of Musa near Wujingili, south of Alarat Mountain. This village is located in the same place as Nisai Village mentioned in the history books. The bow is onion-shaped, and the hull length is164m, which is basically consistent with the Noah's Ark recorded in the Bible. 1989 September 15, two Americans found Noah's Ark and took photos while flying over the southern foothills of Ararat by helicopter. Chuck Allen, the driver, said that an ark-shaped object was found at an altitude of 4,400 meters in the Ararat Mountains, which was usually covered by glaciers. Due to the high temperature in this area, the glaciers in this area subsided. Allen said, "I 100% am sure this is the ark." He and his companions plan to climb this section on June 1990, when an expedition team of 20 geologists and archaeologists will be sent. At present, at least three American teams are searching for this Noah's Ark, focusing on the southwest foot of Mount Ararat. However, Turkish geologists say that it is just a hard rock formed by thousands of years of weathering and erosion. In any case, one day the answer will come, and then the truth of the Bible story can be explained. If Noah's Ark was really discovered in human exploration, it can be called a discovery in the 20th century, a miracle among miracles.