‘Final resting place of Noah’s Ark’ found to hide man-made object, new study claims

File photo provided by NoahsArkScans.com in 2025, shows the Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation located about 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. //A team has begun drilling at a site it believes may be Noah???s Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans team said it has permits to excavate at the long-debated Durup??nar formation, a remote, boat-shaped mound in eastern Turkey, located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat. In biblical terms, Noah???s Ark is the vessel that, according to the Book of Genesis, Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood. Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the site on Tuesday (22/9), she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew." In an online call for funding, the team said radar had already mapped what looked like corridors and chambers under the surface, including one hallway that ran more than 250 feet. It explained that the next step was to drill narrow cores down into those spaces and send in "Gopher", an underground robot built to go where a person could not. Photo released 23/09/2026

The mystery of Noah’s Ark might just be a step closer to being solved after a new study at a site alleged to be its final resting place pointed to a man-made structure hidden underground.

The vessel, which the Bible says saved two of every animal when God sent a flood to purge the world of evil, is believed to have landed on Mount Ararat, also known as Agri Mountain, in Turkey more than 4,000 years ago.

More recently, a team of American researchers working at the nearby Durupinar Formation — a boat-shaped geological structure that has been at the centre of Noah’s Ark claims for decades – used ground-penetrating radar to discover a network of underground tunnels.

But in a new development, Daily Mail has now said that Noah’s Ark Scans, the private research group investigating the site, released a preliminary report about their finds at the site.

It claims that the 515 foot long boat-shaped mound is housing what they refer to as ‘a man-made object’ — not just natural rock.

File photo provided by NoahsArkScans.com in 2025, shows the Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation located about 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. //A team has begun drilling at a site it believes may be Noah???s Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans team said it has permits to excavate at the long-debated Durup??nar formation, a remote, boat-shaped mound in eastern Turkey, located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat. In biblical terms, Noah???s Ark is the vessel that, according to the Book of Genesis, Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood. Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the site on Tuesday (22/9), she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew." In an online call for funding, the team said radar had already mapped what looked like corridors and chambers under the surface, including one hallway that ran more than 250 feet. It explained that the next step was to drill narrow cores down into those spaces and send in "Gopher", an underground robot built to go where a person could not. Photo released 23/09/2026

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Dr Khosrow Bakhtar, an engineer who has previously worked for US defence agencies, carried out the research using his own system, BakhtarRadar, to scan beneath the surface of the mound.

He said in the initial report that not only do their findings indicate a man-made structure under the surface, but one which also has corridors, hallways and chambers.

Speaking in a statement to the Daily Mail, Dr Bakhtar said: ‘Whatever the object is beneath the surface is extraordinary.

‘In forty years of this work, I have never seen anything like it. It could be a ship. It could be a spaceship.

‘What I can say from the radar is that it is organized, it is structural, and a solid geological mass would not have returned such a strong signature.’

File scan provided by NoahsArkScans.com in 2025 shows possible corridors and rooms within the Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation located about 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. //A team has begun drilling at a site it believes may be Noah?s Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans team said it has permits to excavate at the long-debated Durupinar formation, a remote, boat-shaped mound in eastern Turkey, located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat. In biblical terms, Noah?s Ark is the vessel that, according to the Book of Genesis, Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood. Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the site on Tuesday (22/9), she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew." In an online call for funding, the team said radar had already mapped what looked like corridors and chambers under the surface, including one hallway that ran more than 250 feet. It explained that the next step was to drill narrow cores down into those spaces and send in "Gopher", an underground robot built to go where a person could not. Photo released 23/09/2026

Going into further detail he explained that the internal features of corridors, passageways and hallways did not align with the idea of the structure being a natural geographical formation, adding to speculation it could be a ship built to withstand a flood.

‘A solid geological mass would not have returned this signature,’ Dr Bakhtar said.

The full radar scan is expected to be published in November, with further tests set to focus on whether animal DNA exists inside the structure,

The Bible’s Book of Genesis states that Noah’s Ark came to rest on the ‘mountains of Ararat’ after a flood that submerged the Earth for 150 days.

Biblical measurements describe the Ark as 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.

File photo provided by NoahsArkScans.com in 2025, shows the Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation located about 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. //A team has begun drilling at a site it believes may be Noah???s Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans team said it has permits to excavate at the long-debated Durup??nar formation, a remote, boat-shaped mound in eastern Turkey, located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat. In biblical terms, Noah???s Ark is the vessel that, according to the Book of Genesis, Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood. Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the site on Tuesday (22/9), she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew." In an online call for funding, the team said radar had already mapped what looked like corridors and chambers under the surface, including one hallway that ran more than 250 feet. It explained that the next step was to drill narrow cores down into those spaces and send in "Gopher", an underground robot built to go where a person could not. Photo released 23/09/2026

While many have argued the formation on Mount Ararat is a naturally occurring feature, others have suggested it could point to the ark itself.

Samples collected by the research team outside of the formation in 2024 showed high levels of potassium in the surrounding soil as well as decomposed lumber.

Andrew Jones, an independent researcher with Noah’s Ark Scans, said at the time that the tunnels found below the surface level of the mound led to a hollow central chamber — linking the find to the Bible’s description of the ark.

Jones explained: ‘God told Noah to bring the animals in. And so these animals would have stayed there, plus Noah and his family.

‘What’s interesting is that these voids are lining up below the ground — and they’re not just random. These tunnels also follow a pattern.’

File photo provided by NoahsArkScans.com in 2025, shows the Durupinar Formation, a large, boat-shaped geological formation located about 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. //A team has begun drilling at a site it believes may be Noah???s Ark. The Noah's Ark Scans team said it has permits to excavate at the long-debated Durup??nar formation, a remote, boat-shaped mound in eastern Turkey, located 29 kilometres south of Mount Ararat. In biblical terms, Noah???s Ark is the vessel that, according to the Book of Genesis, Noah built to survive a catastrophic flood. Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for the team, said she believed potential findings could disprove evolution. Posting from the site on Tuesday (22/9), she wrote: "Core drilling has begun and the Big Bang Evolutionists are already on damage control mode. When we are done, University curriculums will need to be re-written, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew." In an online call for funding, the team said radar had already mapped what looked like corridors and chambers under the surface, including one hallway that ran more than 250 feet. It explained that the next step was to drill narrow cores down into those spaces and send in "Gopher", an underground robot built to go where a person could not. Photo released 23/09/2026

Further research conducted that year revealed angular structures up to 20 feet underground, which it’s thought could represent rooms below a deck.

Another Noah’s Ark Scans researcher, William Crabtree, said that a tunnel runs from the top of the formation on the mountain towards the middle — and that it’s large enough to walk through.

Speaking to Patterns of Evidence, he said: ‘The ultimate goal is not just soil test, or GPR scans, but to get inside the ship somehow.

‘Core drilling, getting samples deep inside of it to where we see the substructure, these voids, put a camera in it. This is an opportunity coming up that possibly will allow us to do that.’

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