Today, most people who believe in the historicity of the Genesis account seem to assume that the Ark is on modern Mount Ararat. Regardless, it seems likely that the ark was resting on one of the highest mountains, since it came to rest before the other mountain tops were visible. On the day that the mist cleared, they became visible. Rather, it is likely that a mist hid the mountain tops. If they became visible due to receding waters, it seems unlikely that multiple mountain tops would become visible on the same day, since that would suggest that they were all exactly the same height. The mountain tops became visible on a specific day. The second biblical clue comes from Genesis 8:5, which states that mountain tops became visible after the Ark had come to rest. By the 9th century BC (the time of Ezra) Mount Ararat was within the borders of Urartu. If we use the borders of Urartu from the time that Moses wrote the book of Genesis, it was a small region, and did not include modern Mount Ararat. It is difficult to know which borders should be applied to the text. Urartu was a mountainous region, so “the mountains of Urartu” does not specify a precise location. Urartu was an ancient kingdom which was later called Armenia in modern-day Iraq. The First Clueįirst, Genesis 8:4 states that “the ark rested…upon the mountains of Ararat.” The Hebrew word for Ararat can also translate to Urartu.
Those searching for the Ark should be aware of these clues. The Genesis account of the landing of the Ark offers three clues regarding its location. In a 2008 article, Habermehl offers a brief review of the searches for the Ark that have taken place in the past two hundred years. Another consideration is that the ark may not have survived the thousands of years since Noah’s time. If the mountain did not exist until after the Flood, it would have been impossible for the Ark to have landed there. Since then, the mountain has erupted multiple times. Some geologists argue that Mount Ararat, which is volcanic, did not form until after the Flood. Another theory places it at Durupinar near Mount Ararat. Perhaps the ark lies on other mountains such as Mt. Some researchers suggest that the mountain that we call Ararat today is not the biblical Mount Ararat at all. Scholars have offered a number of reasons why we haven’t found the Ark.
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