We have been studying about Noah and the Flood in our history study.

The date for the rise of civilizations in modern history books is around 3,000 B.C. which is about the time Noah got off the Ark. Noah was 600 years old when the Flood came. Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. Noah’s sons were, Japheth, Shem, and Ham.

Ham’s son Canaan was cursed by Noah (Gen 9:25) Ham’s descendants: Canaanites, Philistines, Amorites, Egyptians, Libyans and Ethiopians. Nimrod, Ham’s grandson who was a mighty hunter and leader, built the cities of: Babel, Calah or Nimrud, Ninevah. Ham’s descendents settled lower Middle East and Africa

Shem blessed by Noah (Gen 9:26) Shem’s descendants: Persians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syrians and Jews. They settled in the Middle East and Asia.

Japheth blessed by Noah (Gen 9:26) Japheth’s descendants: Gauls (France), Scythians, Medes, Greeks and Iberes (Iberian Peninsula –Spain & Portugal) Settled in Europe.

A lot of People think that Noah’s ark is on Mt. Ararat in Turkey. We listened to a C.D. by Diana Waring when she interviewed Bob Cornuke who is a Christian Researcher/ explorer/Indiana Jones dude. He used to be a police investigator. He uses his investigating skills to search for clues. He thinks that Noah’s ark isn’t on Mt. Ararat in Turkey but on Mount Sabalan in modern day Iran.

Firstly, because if you look in the NKJV it says “Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.”

Secondly, it couldn’t be Mt. Ararat in Turkey because the NKJV says “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the East, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.” The land of Shinar is the region of ancient Babylon in Mesopotamia, part of modern Iraq. Mt. Ararat in Turkey is North and West of Shinar, not to the East like the Bible says. Mount Sabalan is in the East. But that doesn’t make it the mountain the Noah landed on.

Thirdly, there is an eyewitness account from a Soldier of WWII who says he saw Noah’s ark. He was staying with an Iranian family and they said on night “Noah’s ark is in our country, and we know where it is.” they took him to a Mountain where he saw a huge boat broken in half, with some of it sticking up out of the ice. If you go to this website http://www.noahsarksearch.com/iran.htm  you can see the drawing he made (and find lots of other information as well) . This doesn’t exactly make it the Mountain Noah landed on. But we are getting close.

Fourthly, Mt. Ararat in Turkey is not surrounded by any mountains at all it is a loner. The NKJV says “And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.” Mount Sabalan in Iran is surrounded by other mountains, it is the tallest mountain in the surrounding area, but it is second highest to Mt. Ararat in Turkey.

Fifthly, Mr. Bob Cornuke was exploring in Iran around Mount Sabalan. He was talking with some Iranian scholars in a university and asked them did this area used to be called Uratu (which is Ararat in Syrian) and they said yes. He asked them if they knew what the name for the mountain was before, and they said “Bar-jon-card” ( I can’t find the spelling on that but that’s what it sounds like. I am still researching for more information and will update when I find it). Which directly translated means “This is the Mountain that Noah landed on”. This makes Mt. Sabalan a very likely spot for Noah’s ark.