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They
both draw the Ark near the top of Great Ararat, opposite side
of Little Ararat. (See photos 21-28-83-91 enclosed).
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Beroso, priest, astronomer and Babylonian historian who
in 275 B.C. wrote on the habit of pilgrims climbing Ararat to
scrape away the pitch on the walls of the Ark to make
amulets, describes the Ark visible on Mount Ararat.
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Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian of the first century,
wrote in his book: "The story of the Jews" the same
Beroso's statement.
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Epifanio of Salamina in the 4 century A.D. used the
real existence of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat as a piece of
evidence in defense of the Christian faith, writing: "Do
you really believe that we are not able to prove our faith
even though up until our times the remains of Noah's Ark are
visible in the country of the Kurds?".
William of Rubruck 1253 a.E:V Near
this city are mountains in which they say that Noah's ark
rests; and there are two mountains, the one greater than the
other; and the Araxes flows at their base; and there is a town
there called Cemanum [=Thamanin ], which interpreted means
"eight," and they say that it was thus called from
the eight persons who came out of the ark, and who built it on
the greater mountain. Many have tried to climb it, but none
has been able. This bishop told me that there had been a monk
who was most desirous (of climbing it), but that an angel
appeared to him bearing a piece of the wood of the ark, and
told him to try no more. They had this piece of wood in his
church, they told me. This mountain did not seem to me so very
high, that men could not ascend it. An old man gave me quite a
good reason why one ought not to try to climb it. They call
the mountain Massis, and it is of the feminine gender in their
language. "No one," he said, "ought to climb up
Massis; it is the mother of the world."
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Marco Polo, the famous Venetian
traveller, passing near Mount Ararat in 1269 wrote in his
book, "Il Milione" : "......and you should know
that in that far - off land of Armenia Noah's Ark still lies
there on top of a high mountain with snows so persistent that
nobody is able to climb it
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Contemporary
GREGOR
SCHWINGHAMMER
USAF Pilot in 1959,
was recently interviewed by Italian television network. You can hear the
original interview or read the core of it...
- Interviewer : .....why
do you consider very interesting the photos shot by Mr. Palego ?
- Schwinghammer :
...I saw a lot of pictures from other international-ark-search-organizations
and no one of them showed exactly what i saw in 1959, but one photo of
Mr. Palego show a really familiar place. I remember to have overflew
that zone.....
- Interviewer :
.....do you really think to have seen the Ark of Noah in 1959 ?
- Schwinghammer
:....I can say to have seen something really strange on that
mountain, but only expeditions and scientists can prove the
presence of the ark....I believe in God...
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from Schwinghammer
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interview Schwinghammer (WMP format)
GEORGE
HAGOPIAN
· 1900-1908
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- George Hagopian climbs Ararat with his uncle and reports
seeing and climbs onto the preserved Ark. At only ten years succeeded with simple attire of shepherd in reaching well twice with
his uncle the ark. The first one was based on the fact that he always said to have reached the ark
passing and going on the right Ahora gorge. He besides affermed that
the ark was in the upper Parrot glacier zone. Look
photo Hagopian
KEVIN
HURLEY
Article
from Kevin Hurley
reader of Stars and Stripes
(?) article about Noah's Ark.
Mr. Kevin said: "During the
Gulf War I saw a photo copy of a newspaper with a photograph. The top of
the paper was missing so I could not see the title or date on the paper.
The photo was black and white and not of great quality. I saw what look
like a barge sticking out of ice and snow in a canyon. The roof of the
object and the ice was very shiny while the side of the object and the
cliff was dark. There may have been 100-150 feet sticking out because
about twice the width if it is 75 feet wide....Down the roof was what
looked like black dots or windows. The roof stood out due to the
straight lines against the dark background...I feel the structure was
man-made because there are few straight lines in nature. The lines that
show off the edge of the Ark's roof and the windows on the roof were all
straight lines...I'm not looking for fame or money, just a person
looking to find the Ark and show it to world."
VINCE
WILL
from
the book
THE EXPLORERS OF ARARAT
(B.J.
Corbin)
Vince
Will , USAF Sergeant, Stars and Stripes 1943-1945 A.D.?
Vince Will saw a front page Stars and
Stripes Ark photograph looking into an opening of the Ark. That's what he saw:
- A section of the Ark was sticking out of
the snow and ice 40 to 50 feet on a ledge without anything underneath it. The
wood was darker than the rocks around it. The wood was pretty good shape. I
coudn't see any holes on the top. There was a hole on the right side where you
could see different levels and structural beams. I could see two decks through
the hole.
Sketch of Mr. Will
HERB
KNEE
Veteran USAF
Herb
Knee, a
real estate agent and
former veteran from Murfreesboro - Tennesse, saw a black and white
newsreel around the 1950s in Winchester, which showed an older man and a
boy climbing on Noah's Ark which the newsreel stated was on Mt. Ararat.
Herb said the snow covered most of the Ark. The object was long and
rectangular shaped. Herb could not estimate the lenght since it was snow
covered but estimated the width at maybe 50 feet and the height at maybe
40 feet. The color of the object was dark gray or blackish. There were
rock ledges near the object. Herb stated that it was his opinions that
the object was 100% manmade, 100% a boat and 100% Noah's Ark.
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Herb
Knee sketch
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