Why is Noah's Ark in Turkey and also another one in Iran?

Question

Does this mean that there was more than one Noah's Ark with people and animals to populate the world after the Great Flood . Please clarify.

Answer 1

The same reason many countries claim to be the Biblical home for the Garden of Eden. You can't prove it isn't possible

Answer 2

According to Abrahamic tradition, Noah's Ark was a vessel built at God's command to save Noah, his family, and a core stock of the world's animals from the Great Flood. The story is contained in the Hebrew Bible, Christian Old Testament's book of Genesis, chapters 6 to 9 and in the Quran.

According to the documentary hypothesis, the Ark story told in Genesis may represent several originally quasi-independent sources, and the process of composition over many centuries may help to explain apparent confusion and repetition in the text. Many Orthodox Jews and Christians reject this hypothesis, holding that the Ark story is part of human history.

The Ark story told in Genesis has parallels in the Sumerian myth of Ziusudra, which tells how Ziusudra was warned by the gods to build a vessel in which to escape a flood which would destroy mankind. Less exact parallels are found in other cultures from around the world. Indeed, the deluge story is one of the most common folk stories throughout the world.

The Ark story has been subject to extensive elaborations in the various Abrahamic traditions, mingling theoretical solutions to practical problems (e.g. how Noah might have disposed of animal waste) with allegorical interpretations (e.g. the Ark as a precursor of the Church, offering salvation to mankind).

By the beginning of the 19th century, the growth of geology and biogeography as sciences meant that few natural historians felt able to justify a literal interpretation of the Ark story. Nevertheless, Biblical literalists continue to explore the region of the mountains of Ararat[1], in north-eastern Turkey where the Bible says Noah's Ark came to rest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah's_Ark

Answer 3

The biological bottleneck of just 2 remaining animals to repopulate a species is impossible, there would need to be more than just a pair of animals, If a species is only down to 2 a male and a female they most likely will never recover. Therefor Noahs ark was a fantasy or an exaggeration at the least

Answer 4

Only one Noah's Ark it's on MT Ararat I believe that's in Turkey. There is the Ark of the covenant somewhere (yes like in the movie with Harrison Ford). It has not been found since Jerusalem was destroyed. see link below for a series on that Ark.
http://www.iiw.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=iiw_org&Category_Code=tp

Answer 5

Noah's ark was a story, not a historical event. It's a tale like Aesop's fables or Christ's parables. It teaches a lesson, obey God. Most things in the Old Testament made that same point. In the story, God gives him seven days to go all around the world catching penguins and rattlesnakes etc. Why did he take the mosquitoes?

Answer 6

Are the people who discovered the "Arks" sure that they were Noa's Ark? What were the Arks made of? How big are they? Are they located on top of a high mountain? I would LOVE to read a report on these two Arks. Very interesting...but one of them must be false.

Answer 7

The likelihood that the ark is still extant is minimal. but the claims are due to the fact that there are disputes over where 'the mountains of ararat' are. Is it the present Mt. Ararat in Turkey, or somewhere in Iran. The two are not far from each other.

Answer 8

I saw a program about this the other night. Some redneck sounding and looking guy contacted a scientist and found it in Turkey. It was in two pieces and looked more like a long chicken coop than an ark.

Answer 9

Well when the real evidence weighs in neither are the NOAH's ark from the Biblical account.

I am a Christian and let say this is an example of Christian propaganda.

Answer 10

Don't you think you ought to wait until someone finds the Ark first? It's highly unlikely that wood could last this length of time anyhow.

Now the Garden of Eden, contrary to what Stephen said above, is easy to pin down because we're told where it is. It is in what is now called Iraq. Ironic.

Answer 11

It's because people don't know where the mountain that the ark landed on actually is. Modern geographical names don't always correspond to what places were called in ancient times.