Charred Wood Recovered from Deep Inside Durupınar Noah's Ark Site, Radar Results Verified at Eastern Turkey Noah's Ark Symposium

P elimi a y ada sca s show o ga ized patte s, chambe s, a d co ido s be eath the boat-shaped site, featu es scie tists say a e ot geological—while pieces of a cie t-appea i g bu t wood fou d deep withi the Du upi a Fo matio a e ow u de ca bo -14 testi g

DOĞUBAYAZIT, Tü kiye a d VERO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mou tai s of A a at — Two weeke ds ago, esea che s a d officials gathe ed i easte Tu key fo the Noah’s A k Symposium, whe e sig ifica t ew fi di gs f om the 2026 study of the Du upı a Fo matio we e p ese ted. P of. D . Ce ke Atila of Sivas Cumhu iyet U ive sity, the lead a chaeological p ofesso ove seei g the officially pe mitted p oject, eviewed a d co fi med the p elimi a y esults of adva ced ada sca s co ducted by D . Khos ow Bakhta . These esults a e ow ecog ized as a official ew developme t a d fi di g of the Noah’s A k 2026 Study.

D . Bakhta explai s a a omaly fou d by Bakhta Rada .

D . Bakhta , a vete a U.S. defe se scie tist a d i ve to of the Bakhta Rada system used at the Du upi a site, epo ted detecti g o ga ized patte s, chambe s, a d co ido s i side the oughly 515-foot-lo g, boat-shaped fo matio ea the Mou tai s of A a at. C itically, he stated that the featu es a e ot geological. Because the ada was co figu ed to mask atu al geological sig als, a y pu ely atu al ock o soil a omaly would ot have appea ed i the p ocessed image y at all.

“This is the most sig ifica t fi di g of 45 yea s of my ca ee . It’s ot geologic elated, because we masked all the geologic featu es,” D . Bakhta said.

Fo ma y Ame ica s familia with the biblical accou t, the locatio a d shape of the fo matio have lo g i vited compa iso with the vessel desc ibed i Ge esis. Sc iptu e eco ds that the a k came to est upo the mou tai s of A a at (Ge esis 8:4). The 2026 wo k, co ducted u de Sivas Cumhu iyet U ive sity a d gove me t autho izatio , ep ese ts the most exte sive scie tific exami atio of the site to date, combi i g ada , mappi g, soil sampli g, a d co e d illi g. P of. D . Ce ke Atila also co fi med at the symposium that whateve lies be eath the su face of the Du upi a site has th ee “laye s”.

“I ou Holy Books, Noah’s A k had th ee levels, i ou ada studies, we also ide tified a fo matio with th ee levels” D . Ce ke Atila told the media at the Noah’s A k Symposium last week. – D . Ce ke Atila told the media at the Noah’s A k Symposium

D . Ce ke Atila Speaks to Media at the Noah’s A k Symposium

I a thi d majo developme t a ou ced by P of. D . Atila, pieces of cha ed a d bu t wood have bee ecove ed f om deep withi the fo matio almost 30 feet dow . The wood has bee se t fo ca bo -14 dati g a d species ide tificatio . Resea che s emphasize that o fi m co clusio s should be d aw u til the labo ato y esults a e complete a d published.

What ca be stated is that the mate ial is ot ece t su face deb is, o elocated f om a othe egio afte bei g ca ied with mudflow; The wood was ecove ed f om deep withi the fo matio .

Co ed illi g hole at the Du upi a Fo matio du i g the Noah’s A k 2026 p oject

The cha ed co ditio of the wood is of pa ticula i te est. Sc iptu e states that Noah was i st ucted to coat the a k “withi a d without with pitch” (Ge esis 6:14). Natu al pitch a d t ee esi s a e ich i flammable hyd oca bo s they ig ite easily. It’s possible that someo e t ied to set fi e to the a k a lo g time ago, o it’s possible the wood became cha ed f om light i g o volca ic activity i the egio , also ve y lo g ago. Impo ta tly, cha i g d amatically slows decompositio i soil, ofte to ates well u de 1% pe yea .

It’s possible that what was mea t to desec ate the a k may have i stead bee the ve y thi g that p ese ved it.

Fou de of Noah’s A k Sca s a d Vice P eside t of the P oject A d ew Jo es stated: “ It’s ve y exciti g, but people eed to u de sta d that yes, it is possible that we have fou d the cha ed emai s of Noah’s A k, but it’s also possible that we have fou d the cha ed emai s of a shephe d’s campfi e that he u witti gly decided to sta t while usi g the a k fo shelte ce tu ies ago” A d ew we t o , “ We wo ’t k ow the exact age of the wood u til ca bo -14 a d othe testi g is complete.”

D . Atila has i dicated that photog aphs of the ecove ed cha ed wood will be eleased to the public i the ea futu e. The p oject co ti ues labo ato y a alysis of hu d eds of soil a d co e samples, with fu the ada p ocessi g a d epo ti g expected i the comi g mo ths. The team st esses that the wo k emai s o goi g a d that physical dati g a d mate ial ide tificatio a e esse tial ext steps.

These developme ts add co c ete, testable data to a site that has d aw i te est f om scie tists, histo ia s, a d people of faith fo mo e tha six decades. Fo Ame ica Ch istia s a d othe s who take the biblical a ative se iously, the combi atio of subsu face st uctu e co siste t with o ga ized i te al featu es a d the ecove y of deep, cha ed wood ep ese ts a otewo thy adva ce i the histo ic i vestigatio while still awaiti g the decisive labo ato y esults that scie ce equi es.

D o e footage of the Du upi a Fo matio

About Noah’s A k Sca sNoah’s A k Sca s is pa t e ed with Sivas Cumhu iyet U ive sity u de the ove sight of A cheological P ofesso D . Ce ke Atila o the scie tific i vestigatio of the Du upı a Fo matio as a possible ca didate fo Noah’s A k. The 2026 p og am has bee co ducted u de official pe mits a d u de Sivas Cumhu iyet U ive sity. Fo updates, visit NoahsA kSca s.com.

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