Noah’s Ark Scans Releases FIRST Look at Charred Wood Recovered From Noah’s Ark Durupinar Site

Noah’s A k Sca s Releases Fi st Look at Cha ed Wood Recove ed f om 30 Feet Withi the Du upı a Site by Lead A cheological P ofesso , D . Ce ke Atila

DOĞUBAYAZIT, Tu key a d VERO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Noah’s A k Sca s today eleased the fi st public look at cha ed wood f agme ts ecove ed f om app oximately 30 feet (about 9 mete s) be eath the su face of the Du upı a fo matio ea Mou t A a at i easte Tu key.

The o ga izatio p ovided exclusive photog aphs a d details of the mate ial to Fox News, ma ki g the fi st Ame ica media access to the samples. The f agme ts a e da ke ed, c acked, a d heavily cha ed, with visible g ai patte s a d g owth i gs. Lead a chaeologist P of. D . Ce ke Atila of Sivas Cumhu iyet U ive sity, who is ove seei g the officially pe mitted i vestigatio , stated that based o his p ofessio al expe ie ce the wood is ve y a cie t. Labo ato y dati g esults a e still pe di g. The wood samples have bee se t to fou diffe e t labs i fou diffe e t cou t ies fo a alysis.

Of pa ticula sig ifica ce, the ecove ed wood shows clea ma made ma ks co siste t with tool wo k pe fo med lo g ago. The f agme ts display sha p, cut edges a d othe i dicatio s of i te tio al shapi g, disti guishi g them f om atu ally occu i g o weathe ed wood.

The samples have bee se t to fou i depe de t labo ato ies i fou diffe e t cou t ies fo ca bo -14 dati g, species ide tificatio , a d fu the a alysis. The multi-lab app oach is i te ded to p ovide igo ous, c oss-ve ified esults o the age, o igi , a d compositio of the mate ial.I his fi st Ame ica i te view, co ducted with Fox News Digital, D . Atila discussed the ecove y a d the b oade i vestigatio .

The ecove y is pa t of the 2026 field p og am at Du upı a , which has i cluded deep-co e d illi g, g ou d-pe et ati g ada su veys, a d exte sive soil sampli g u de Tu kish u ive sity ove sight. “P of. D . Ce ke Atila, P eside t of ou Noah’s A k Resea ch P oject, has discove ed what appea s to be blacke ed, cha ed wood deep i side the Du upı a site—a th illi g developme t i ou esea ch at the Noah’s A k site. Cha ed wood su vives at a cie t a chaeological sites, p ese vi g valuable clues to the past. We’ e testi g this mate ial to establish its age, ide tify the type of wood a d look fo t aces of t ee pitch. Afte decades of sea chi g, this could be a c ucial piece of the puzzle.” — A d ew Jo es, Fou de , Noah’s A k Sca sResea che s emphasize that labo ato y esults will dete mi e the ext steps a d that o fi al co clusio s have bee d aw . The 2026 Noah’s A k P oject is the fi st pe mitted i te atio al study of the Du upi a Fo matio . The study is complete a d the Du upi a site is closed fo the wi te u til the s ow melts i the sp i g.

The p oject was c owdfu ded f om day o e, a d Noah’s A k Sca s defe ded thei ight to sha e the evide ce as soo as it’s co fi med by expe ts despite the sc uti y a d scoffi g of thei c itics. Di ecto of Ma keti g a d fu d aisi g Lau e Witzke stated “This a cheological study was c owdfu ded by the public, it is ot ou evide ce to withhold. So as soo as it is co fi med by expe ts i thei field, we elease the evide ce to the public fo them to see fo themselves. You ca also become a pa t of histo y by maki g a tax deductible do atio : NoahsA kSca s.com/do ate.”Updates a d futu e labo ato y fi di gs will be sha ed at NoahsA kSca s.com.Media Co tactNoah’s A k Sca si fo@ oahsa ksca s.com www.NoahsA kSca s.com

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