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Team Sends Robot into Turkey Site Believed to Hold Noah's Ark

Researchers say radar and drilling have found possible corridors, chambers and organic layers, but no peer-reviewed study has confirmed the formation is man-made.

  • An international team led by Professor Cenker Atila began permitted deep core drilling at the Durupinar formation in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, investigating the boat-shaped site for evidence of Noah's Ark.
  • First identified in 1959, the 157-meter-long Durupinar formation has fueled decades of speculation about whether its ship-like outline is a natural geological landform or the buried remains of a wooden vessel.
  • Researchers have collected soil samples from depths of 18 meters and plan to deploy a custom robotic device dubbed 'Gopher' to capture imagery from underground voids mapped by radar.
  • While some team members claim the work has '100 percent confirmed' the site is man-made, no peer-reviewed studies have verified the underground features as human-built or confirmed the biblical account.
  • Atila indicated that soil results and radar processing will inform a public scientific statement later this year, with additional field seasons planned for 2027 to continue the investigation.
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Archaeologists and geologists from Noah's Are Scans believe they have found the rest of Noah's Ark in the Durupinar Formation near Mount Ararat in Turkey.

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Daily Sabah broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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