Overview
- Researchers with Noah’s Ark Scans say ground‑penetrating radar revealed tunnels about four meters down and roughly two meters high running along the center and inner edge of a boat‑shaped landform near Mount Ararat.
- Infrared thermography, a heat‑sensing method that can hint at buried shapes, also indicated a hull‑like outline beneath the soil, according to the team’s public reports.
- Soil tests on 88 samples taken in 2024 reportedly found three times more organic matter and 38% more potassium inside the outline than outside, which the researchers interpret as possible traces of wood or past human activity.
- The group says the formation’s size matches biblical dimensions for the Ark and points to marine fossils and seashells high on the slope, while geologists cited in coverage argue the feature can be explained by natural processes.
- The Durupınar Formation has drawn Ark claims for decades, and independent, peer‑reviewed validation has not yet confirmed whether the subsurface voids reflect human construction or ordinary geology.