Seaworthiness: The Ark is described as 300 cubits long, the cubit being a unit of measurement from elbow to outstretched fingertip. Many different cubits were in use in the ancient world, but all were essentially similar, and literalist websites seem to agree that the Ark was approximately 450 feet (137 m) in length. This is considerably longer than the largest wooden vessels ever built in historical times: according to certain sources, the early 15th-century Chinese admiral Zheng He may have used junks 400 feet (122 m) long, but the schooner Wyoming, launched in 1909 and the largest documented wooden-hulled cargo ship ever built, measured only 350 feet (107 m) and needed iron cross-bracing to counter warping and a steam pump to handle a serious leak problem.[13] "The construction and use histories of these [late 19th-century wooden European] ships indicated that they were already pushing or had exceeded the practical limits for the size of wooden ships."[14] Literalist scholars who accept these objections—not all do[15]—believe that Noah must have built the Ark using advanced post-19th century techniques such as space frame construction.[16]
2007-01-02 14:39:44
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answered by USMCstingray 7
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Genesis 6:15 in the Bible tells us the Ark's dimensions were at least 135 meters long (300 cubits), 22.5 meters wide (50 cubits), and 13.5 meters high (30 cubits). That's 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high! It could have been larger because several larger-sized cubits were used. But the 45-centimeter (18-inch) cubit is long enough to show the enormous size of the Ark.
(A cubit was the length of a man's arm from fingertips to elbow.)
Higher than a 3-story building!
Noah's Ark was three stories high (Genesis 6:16). Its total deck area was equivalent to the area of about 20 standard college basketball courts or 36 lawn tennis courts. The world had to wait until AD 1884 before the Ark's size was exceeded, when the Italian liner Eturia was built.
The rectangular dimensions of the Ark show an advanced design in ship-building. Its length of six times its width and 10 times its height would have made it amazingly stable on the ocean. Remember it was made more for floating than sailing, because it wasn't headed anywhere. The Ark was made to withstand a turbulent ocean voyage, not to be at a certain place at a certain time.
God Bless You
2007-01-02 14:41:24
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answered by ? 6
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In size the ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.
2007-01-02 14:42:36
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answered by Answer Champion 3
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The Arc was 300 cubits long, approximately 450 feet or 137 m; (the cubit being a unit of measrement from elbow to outstretched fingertip).
The Arc is said to have had a gross volume of about 1.5 million cubic feet (40,000 m3), a displacement a little less than the Titanic.
2007-01-02 14:53:52
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answered by Anonymous
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It was made of gopher wood. Length 300 cubits. The breadth 50 cubits, height 30 cubits. Roughly in feet 450x75x50.
2007-01-02 14:45:22
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answered by Anonymous
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The ark did not hold two of every animal, but rather two of every kind. Therefore, only two dogs were needed, not two of each breed. The breeds developed after the flood.
Even the large animals (e.g. elephants, dinosaurs, etc.) could easily fit, because it makes the most sense to take relatively young ones that could readily reproduce when the ark landed.
It has been demonstrated many times that there was more than enough room on the ark for the all the animals.
2007-01-02 14:50:15
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answered by forgiveomatic 2
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By Martin Wroe for The Observer, January 16th 1994
LONDON -- Noah's Ark has been found on the Turkish-Iranian border, 32 kilometres from Mount Ararat, according to the leader of a team of scientists that has been investigating the site for six years.
The Turkish government is so convinced by the findings that, after years of intransigence, it has designated the site one of special archaeological interest and agreed to its excavation next summer.
The remote site contains a buried, ship-like object, resting an altitude of 2,300 metres. At 170 metres long and 45 metres wide, it conforms almost exactly to the 300 cubit by 50 cubit boat that God told Noah to build, according to Genesis 6 in the Bible.
On surrounding terrain, the American and Middle Eastern scientists have identified huge stones with holes carved at one end, which they believe are "drogue-stones," dragged behind ships in the ancient world to stabilise them. Radar soundings indicate unusual levels of iron-oxide distribution.
Salih Bayraktutan, head of geology at Turkey's Ataturk University, estimates the age of the 'vessel' at more than 100,000 years. "It is a man-made structure and for sure it is Noah's Ark." The site is directly below the mountain of Al Judi, named in the Koran as the Ark's resting place.
David Fasold, an American shipwreck specialist with no religious affiliation, has led the investigation. He says subsurface radar surveys of the site have produced "very good pictures." "The radar imagery at about 25 metres down from the stern is so clear that you can count the floorboards between the walls."
He believes the team has found the fossilised remains of the upper deck and that the original reed substructure has disappeared. But the findings have infuriated the scores of Christian Ark-hunters who travel to Turkey, convinced the Ark will only be found on Mount Ararat.
Fasold, who calls himself an "Arkologist," also argues that it was not a great flood that pushed the Ark into the mountains. He says it was "an astronomical event causing a tectonic upheaval, a tidal bore causing gravitational pull in the ocean waters that forced the boat into the mountains."
Some of Fasold's team of geophysicists and geologists are reserving final judgement until the excavation and carbon-dating. But in a British TV series on the environment next month, team member Vendyl Jones, a Middle East archaeologist and inspiration for film character Indiana Jones, says it is "between maybe and probably" that they have found Noah's Ark.
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Note: The Qur'anic verse that mentions the resting place of the Noah's Ark is found in Chapter Hud, verse 44 (Quran 11:44):
When the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water and O sky! withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"
The 49th verse of the same Chapter:
Such are some of the stories of the Unseen which We have revealed unto you: before this neither you nor your people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the end is for those who are righteous.
2007-01-02 14:50:41
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answered by Anonymous
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I think the zero was invented (or discovered) in Egypt so probably not available to the fictional characters of Noah's time. Although the number 300 only requires zeros in our base ten number system. In base-8 it is written 454 for example.
2016-03-14 00:52:34
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answered by Anonymous
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even today we couldn't build a boat that would hold 2 of every animal - it would have to be the size of Manhattan Island
2007-01-02 14:41:42
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answered by Dr. Brooke 6
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Uh why, you gonna make one???
You get the answer in the Bible darlin' I dont choose to read it!
2007-01-02 14:41:00
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answered by Anonymous
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