Is Noah the true ship?

You must have heard of Noah (Noah), the ship that won the cataclysm. For Catholics and those who have read the Bible, it must have known the branch of this legend.

And this article is aimed at answering a part of the question about whether Noah or something like it exists or not. Hope to bring useful information.

Legend

The story says that one day when one witnessed the crimes that mankind caused, God felt as hard as he could feel anger and regret because he created mankind. He decided to create a cataclysm to wipe out all the seeds of crime. At that time, on the ground, there was a man named Noah who had the righteous heart so the god did not want to kill and dreamed of letting him know his intentions. He advised Noah to build a very big boat to accommodate all of his family members with all animals, but each species was only brought with one pair.

Boat design diagram of Noah.

Following God's word, Noah built a giant boat, 360 meters long, 23 meters wide, 13.6 meters high - divided into three floors and brought all kinds of animals up there with only one pair of animals per species. As soon as the boat is finished and all the species have reached the boat, it is also the time when the floodwaters come. As expected, the deep water pool cracked, flooded everywhere, a heavy and intense rain lasted for 40 days and nights. God has completed the punishment of mankind, all the crimes and the life destroyed by the creatures on Noah.

Noah and his rescue boat.

After the terrible flood, the water receded from the ground when Noah released a dove and flew out of the ship to see the situation outside. For the first time, the pigeon could not find the legroom because the water was not withdrawn, so it flew back to the ship. Seven days later, the pigeon was released again, and this time it flew back, on the beak of a fresh olive leaf branch. Noah knew that the water had fallen, the earth was peaceful because God had stopped the rage. He continued to release the pigeon, this time it flew away without returning. Today, derived from the legend of this Noah ship, the image of a leafy pigeon is a symbol of peace.

And so Noah brought all the creatures out of the boat, back to the ground to continue living. God made a covenant with Noah and deterred mankind: "Let them flourish and fill the earth, but remember that everyone is cruel, and the blood of others is still bleeding. You will also have to flow. "

Hypotheses about the flood

First of all, we cannot yet speculate that Noah is real or not. The problem should be started through history, whether such a great cataclysm really happened. In theory, many scientists think that is not the case. However, geologists William BF Ryan and Walter C. Pitman from Columbia University came up with the idea that the great flood was the result of the rapid rise of the Black Sea water after the glacier process, the time was about 5600. in BC

The 'Noah Flood' hypothesis is believed by geologists to stem from Mediterranean sea ice peaks, passing through the Bosporus Strait to the Black Sea with great traffic. The result is flooding around 96,560 square kilometers on Earth. In 2007, researchers found evidence that a greenland ice cap increased global sea level by 1.4 meters during the years 8740 and 8160 BC. This incident has led many people to evacuate to escape flood areas.

But most of the science world is still very skeptical about this theory and thinks it is not big enough or the ability to create 'noah ships'.

Noah in the documents

If you look beyond the Bible, Noah actually appears in material from the Mesopotamian civilization . This era is when they outline a story similar to the Bible, however Noah is here called Ziusudra . After that era to the Babylonians, they recorded a similar story in history. Noah here called Utnapishtim was warned about a big storm and built a big boat, divided into six parts. In general, this character appears in many materials of different regions with different names.

Scientists believe that perhaps the stories are based on reality and that it occurs in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers . In fact, it was learned to find evidence of a great flood in this region dating back to 2900 BC. This flood wiped out a city. After many hypotheses and studies, scientists think Noah might be a very wealthy merchant. He was able to prepare a big boat to fight the flood. Through many generations of word of mouth, Noah eventually became a legend with more details in Christianity - Judaism, Islam. Perhaps for religious purposes he was described with the characteristics of each religion.

Mount Ararad.

In the bible, Noah is portrayed as an exemplary Catholic, a good sheep of the Lord, a bright spot in a sinful world. And his survival is due to the righteousness and choice of god. In the Quran, Noah is called Nuh , he is one of the five prophets of Islam. Surah's book says Noah says as a prophet of God foretold his neighbors about the danger that would happen if they did not live better. Apart from these differences, the story of Noah in every document is quite similar. The Mount of Ararat and Judi are two peaks mentioned in two religions. Until now, many people still believe that the ship survives on one of the two peaks.

Noah's boat - yes or no?

According to many scientists, it is impossible to build a giant wooden boat as described in that period. Wood is also not a guaranteed material to bring thousands of lives through a massive flood as described. Over the past 20 years, there has been a lot of bad news around finding Noah's ship. In 1993, CBS aired a documentary announcing spectacular findings that were supposed to be from the ship. But not long after, there were many allegations showing all the information in this document to be fake.

The picture is said to be the Noah boat taken on top of Mount Avarad.

Mount Ararat in Turkey is also a focal point for archaeologists. But it was not until the photographer Ron Wyatt published a picture of a fossil-like rockhead of Noah boat on September 5, 1960 in LIFE magazine that it was really noticed by people. This can be considered one of the most famous photos of Noah. In 1977, it was Ron Wyatt and an expedition to the top of Ararad and confirmed that the location of the photo was Noah.

However, there are many scientists who think it exists only in legends.

If at the time of the flood, the Noah boat would be stuck on the top of Mount Ararad, and it was likely that it had been pushed down by the glacial movement for a long time. Thus, it certainly broke apart, the wooden parts of that great boat would be scattered on a very wide area of ​​Ararat Mountain, yet no one has ever picked up any large debris so far. Except for those mentioned above, they picked up scrap wood pieces at a height of nearly 5 km. According to science, wood can only last for a few centuries.

The existence or non-existence of Noah's boat is still in contention. However scientifically, we do not have any possible evidence that it exists. Many theories were built, many searches were launched, but perhaps to prove that the Noah ship was real would be an impossible challenge .