Scientific investigation led by Turkish and international universities at the Durupınar formation near Mount Ararat analyzes deep core drillings. Swipe to see →
THE 1959 AERIAL DISCOVERY AND THE GLOBAL
The scientific and popular history of the Durupınar site began in the autumn of 1959 during a routine military geodetic mapping mission conducted by the Turkish Air Force on.
RECENT UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGNS
Beginning in 2022, the investigation of Durupınar moved beyond amateur expeditionaries and came under the official oversight of Turkish public academic consortia.
THE GEOLOGICAL VERDICT
For structural geologists who study the complex plate tectonics of the Anatolian plateau, the boat-like morphology of Durupınar is not an insoluble mystery.
THE VOLCANIC REALITY OF MOUNT ARARAT AND
The traditional search for Noah's Ark on the glaciated summit of Mount Ararat itself (Ağrı Dağı.
THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE FLOOD
If archaeology and geology refute the existence of a petrified 150-meter ship atop an active volcano or inside a synclinal ridge.