It is found in the book of Genesis in the Bible and the Torah, and is also featured in the Quran.
An archaeological research group believes it has newfound evidence of buried remains of Noah’s Ark in eastern Turkey.
Researchers from Noah’s Ark Scans, an archaeological research project investigating the Durupinar site near Mount Ararat, exclusively shared the results of a new ground-penetrating radar scan with NewsNation’s Meagan Medick.
In a preview clip from next week’s episode of “Unreported,” airing on NewsNation’s YouTube channel, Noah’s Ark Scans founder and archaeological researcher Andrew Jones shared the team now has data below the surface for the first time.
A team of researchers claims to have found what they believe is evidence of Noah’s Ark at the Durupinar site in eastern Turkey, using advanced scanning technology.
With the use of the radar system, BakhtarRadar, which Jones described as a “cat scan of the Earth,” researchers were able to go down into the ground as far as 95 meters in some site locations.
“In the past, we’ve all argued about what’s there. People have said, ‘oh, it’s a big rock, it’s a syncline, it’s a bedrock, the mud went around it and formed a ship shape that just happens to be the length of Noah’s Ark.’ But now we’re actually drilling into it and we’re discovering that no, there’s no rock there. It’s not a complete one solid block of rock, it’s soil,” Jones told Medick.
Our theory is that this is the buried remains of Noah’s Ark,” he added.
In 2025, Jones told NewsNation his team has been investigating the ship-shaped rock formation since 2019. Turkish Army Capt. Ilhan Durupinar first discovered the site in 1959.
“Now we’re looking into the mountainside, but the mountains are full of rocks and dirt and possible voids. (The radar) can mask all of that natural geology out and focus on what they call in geophysics, anomalies, things that stand out that shouldn’t be there,” Jones said.
Our theory is that this is the buried remains of Noah’s Ark,” he added.
In 2025, Jones told NewsNation his team has been investigating the ship-shaped rock formation since 2019. Turkish Army Capt. Ilhan Durupinar first discovered the site in 1959.
“Now we’re looking into the mountainside, but the mountains are full of rocks and dirt and possible voids. (The radar) can mask all of that natural geology out and focus on what they call in geophysics, anomalies, things that stand out that shouldn’t be there,” Jones said.Inside the ‘mushroom murder’ trial that stunned the world | Unreported
“There’s organized structure below the surface without even digging. So we don’t have to put a big hole in it right now, hopefully never, but you know, hopefully we can do limited excavations in the future. So this year we’re focusing on this type of pinpoint scans,” he added.
Among the Abrahamic religions — Christians, Jews and Muslims — Noah’s Ark is believed to be a historical account of Noah being called by God to build an ark, sparing Noah and his seven family members, along with one male and one female animal of every kind, from the great flood brought about as punishment for humanity’s sins.
It is found in the book of Genesis in the Bible and the Torah, and is also featured in the Quran.
Patrick Djordjevic, NewsNation
