"IN SEARCH OF NOAH'S ARK, Part 2 -- Arrival in Ankara
Jun 6, 2005
By Tom Engleman & Chuck Hughes
Ruined strongholds
Ancient fortresses dot the landscape of the Turkish countryside. Bastions from the Hittite era date before 900 B.C. The fall of that empire led to the rise of the Urartu kingdom, which lasted more than 300 years. Photo by Chuck Hughes
EDITORS' NOTE: Few Old Testament stories capture the imagination like Noah's Ark. Fascination with the possibility of actually finding the Ark's remains has inspired expeditions to the Mt. Ararat region of Turkey for centuries. In the fall of 2004, Baptist Press sent two journalists -- Tom Engleman of Atlanta and Chuck Hughes of Baltimore -- to Turkey in order to document the continuing search for Noah's Ark. What follows is the second of 11 installments from their journals about the experience. Our series supplements their story with an array of sidelights, including glimpses into Ark expeditions conducted by one of the best known and most controversial of the searchers, the late Ron Wyatt of Madison, Tenn."
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