Noah’s Ark

A quick look at Noah’s Ark

How Large Was Noah’s Ark?

– The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits,

– its width fifty cubits, and

– its height thirty cubits (Genesis 6:15).

• the Ark described in the Bible was a huge vessel.

• Not until the late 1800s was a larger ship built.

Is the size believable?

• The dimensions of the Ark are convincing for two reasons:

1. the proportions are like that of a modern cargo ship, and

2. it is about the largest ship that can be built of wood.

How long is a cubit?

• The length of a cubit was based on the distance from the elbow to the fingertips, so

• it varied between different ancient groups of people.

• Here are some samples from Egypt, Babylon, and ancient Israel:

Culture Inches (centimeters)

Hebrew (short) 17.5 (44.5)

Egyptian 17.6 (44.7)

Common (short) 18 (45.7)

Babylonian (long) 19.8 (50.3)

Hebrew (long) 20.4 (51.8)

Egyptian (long) 20.6 (52.3)

Which one is most likely to have come from Noah? • In large-scale construction projects, ancient civilizations typically used the

long cubit ([52 cm]). • 2 Chronicles 3:3, reveals that Solomon used an older (long) cubit in

construction of the temple.

• Most archaeological finds in Israel reveal the use of a short cubit, such as confirmed by measuring Hezekiah’s tunnel.

Which one is most likely to have come from Noah? • (Ezekiel 43:13) Ezekiel’s vision, an angel used “a cubit plus a handbreadth,”

probably a definition for the long cubit. • The long cubit appears to be God’s preferred standard of measurement. • the original cubit length is uncertain, it was most likely one of the long cubits

• If so, the Ark was actually bigger than the size described in most books

today, which usually use the short cubit.

Comparing the size of the Ark

• With the short cubit’s measurement, we know that the Ark must have been at least – 450 feet (137 m) long,

– 75 feet (23 m) wide, and

– 45 feet (14 m) high. In the

• Western world, wooden sailing ships never got much longer than about 330 feet (100 m), yet

• the ancient Greeks built vessels at least this size 2,000 years earlier.

• China built huge wooden ships in the 1400s that may have been as large as the Ark.

• The biblical Ark is one of the largest wooden ships of all time—a

• mid-sized cargo ship by today’s standards.

The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (Genesis 6:15).

A place to call home

• The total available floor space

– over 100,000 square feet or 9290.3m²,

– more floor space than in 20 standard-sized basketball courts.

• The total cubic volume

– 1,518,000 cubic feet [462,686.4 cubic meters]

– equal to the capacity of 569 modern railroad stock cars.

Ark 569 cars in size 16000 animals fill 14.4 stock cars

Has the Ark been found?

• Gen.8

• [4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Has the Ark been found?

• 3 Expeditions and Claims 3.1 Dr. Friedrich Parrot (1829)

• 3.2 Prince John Joseph Nouri (1887)

• 3.3 Lieutenant Roskovitsky (1916)

• 3.4 Ed Davis (1943)

• 3.5 Fernand Navarra (1955)

• 3.6 Eryl Cummings (1970s)

• 3.7 Ray Anderson (1970s)

• 3.8 Dr. John Morris and ICR (1972)

• 3.9 Ron Wyatt and the Durupinar Site (1977)

• 3.10 Col. James Irwin (1982)

• 3.11 Bill Crouse (1984)

• 3.12 Robert Cornuke (1987)

• 3.13 Chuck Aaron (1987)

• 3.14 Don Shockey (1989)

• 3.15 Daniel McGivern (2004)

Mt Ararat

Mt Ararat

Current Day Sightings…

Directions

The public entrance is just west of the intersection of KY-36 and I-75 (at exit 154).

1 Ark Encounter Drive Williamstown, KY 41097

Noah’s Ark in Kentucky USA

Noah’s Ark in Kentucky USA

Noah’s Ark in Kentucky USA

Noah’s Ark in Kentucky USA

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Naoh’s Ark in the Netherlands

Naoh’s Ark in the Netherlands

Naoh’s Ark in the Netherlands

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