"first recorded ascent. Despite the scholarly consensus that the ""mountains of Ararat"" of the Book of Genesis do not refer specifically to Mt. Ararat, it has been widely accepted in Christianity as the resting place of Noah's Ark. It is the principal national symbol of Armenia and has been considered a sacred mountain by Armenians. It is featured prominently in Armenian literature and art and is an icon for Armenian irredentism. Along with Noah's Ark, it is depicted on the coat of arms of Armenia. Mount Ararat forms a near-quadripoint between Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Its summit is located"
"Indeed, the phrase is translated as ""mountains of Armenia"" (""montes Armeniae"") in the Vulgate, the fourth century Latin translation of the Bible. Nevertheless, Mount Ararat is considered the traditional site of the resting place of Noah's Ark. It is therefore called a biblical mountain. Mount Ararat has been associated with the Genesis flood story since the 11–12th centuries. The local Armenian population began to identify it as the ark's landing place during those centuries. F. C. Conybeare wrote that the mountain was ""a center and focus of pagan myths and cults [...] and it was only in the eleventh century,"
"Bahrain and the original one in the Zagros mountains. In 1988, Fasold published his own book, ""The Ark of Noah"". In ""The Ark of Noah"", Fasold took many fundamentalists and creationists to task for insisting that the ark was rectangular in shape, made of wood, and must have landed on Mount Ararat (when the Bible states ""the mountains of Ararat""). He also critically examined and dismissed many previous ark sightings at Ararat. The exposure of his find in the media led to further expeditions to the site in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During this time, Wyatt supposedly discovered"
"as the village itself. According to legend, St. Jacob tried many times to climb Mount Ararat to find Noah's Ark which was buried under thick layers of ice at Parrot Glacier upon the top of the mountain. He would climb the mountain, fall asleep and wake up downhill from where he was. After repeated failed attempts, one day God said him in a dream ""Do not try to find the Ark anymore. I will give you a piece of a wood of what the Ark was hewn"". When he woke up, to his amazement he found the wood lying nearby."
"before eventually landing on Mount Kardu ""in the east, in the land of the sons of Raban, and the Orientals call it Mount Godash; the Armenians call it Ararat"". On a more practical plane, Hippolytus explained that the lowest of the three decks was for wild beasts, the middle for birds and domestic animals, and the top level for humans. He says that male animals were separated from the females by sharp stakes so that there would be no breeding on board. The early Church Father and theologian Origen (c. 182–251), in response to a critic who doubted that the"
"""largely because it would have been the first peak to emerge from the receding flood waters."" Ararat is where the European tradition and most of Western Christianity place the landing of Noah's Ark. According to Spencer and Lienard the tradition ""seems to be well entrenched in the Christian world."" A 1722 biblical dictionary by Austin Calmet and the 1871 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary both point to Mount Ararat as the place where tradition says the ark rested. American missionary H. G. O. Dwight wrote in 1856 that it is ""the general opinion of the learned in Europe."" James Bryce, while admitting"
"Ararat anomaly The Ararat anomaly is an object appearing on photographs of the snowfields near the summit of Mount Ararat, Turkey and advanced by some Christian believers as the remains of Noah's Ark. The anomaly is located on the northwest corner of the Western Plateau of Mount Ararat (approximately ) at about , some west of the summit, on the edge of what appears from the photographs to be a steep downward slope. It was first filmed during a U.S. Air Force aerial reconnaissance mission in 1949 — the Ararat massif sits on the former Turkish/Soviet border, and was thus"
"thought to be mostly influenced by the US Predator and the Chinese CASC Rainbow CH-3. About the Burraq program, ""Popular Science"" noted: ""with the Burraq, Pakistan can now do drone strikes on their own, without the United States."" The name, Burraq, comes from the legendary creature mentioned in ""Surah Al Isra"" in the Holy Qur'an. According to Islamic traditions, Buraq is a steed, described as a creature from the heavens which carried Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem to the heavens, and back to Mecca during Mi'raj (lit. ""Night Journey""), which is the title of ""Surah Al Isra"", one of the"
"modest Jewish population. According to Jewish scripture, Noah's Ark landed on the top of Mount Ararat, a mountain in the Taurus range in Eastern Anatolia, near the present-day borders of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian of the first century, notes Jewish origins for many of the cities in Asia Minor, though much of his sourcing for these passages is traditional. New Testament mention of Jewish populations in Anatolia is widespread: Iconium (now: Konya) is said to have a synagogue in Acts 14:1, and Ephesus is mentioned as having a synagogue in Acts 19:1 and in Paul's Epistle"
"highest mountains, and all flesh with the merest breath of life died, except for Noah and those with him on the Ark. When the waters had swelled 150 days, God remembered Noah and the beasts, and God caused a wind to blow and the waters to recede steadily from the earth, and the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. At the end of 40 days, Noah opened the window and sent out a raven, and it went to and fro. Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the ground, but"
"has delayed its landing, and that Jonah, a stowaway, has caused no end of problems. The novella ends inconclusively (""The final pages of this story do not appear to be forthcoming"") with a further conversation between God and Noah Lammock. They agree that they ""will make Ararat,"" and God says, ""On the whole, I am not sorry I created you."" As for Noah, he declares: ""No man is beaten until he knows and admits he is beaten, and that I will never know nor admit."" Wells made a lecture tour in the United States in October and November 1940, and"
"Buraq Al-Burāq ( ""al-Burāq"" or ""lightning"") is a magical horse in Islamic mythology, a creature from the heavens that transported the prophets. Most notably Buraq carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and back during the Isra and Mi'raj or ""Night Journey"", as recounted in hadith literature. The ""Encyclopaedia of Islam"", referring to Al-Damiri's writings, considers Buraq to be a derivative of ""barq"" ""lightning"". According to ""Encyclopædia Iranica"", ""Boraq"" is the Arabized form of ""Middle Persian *""barāg"" or *""bārag"", 'a riding beast, mount' (New Pers. ""bāra"")"". Near East and Persian art almost always portrays Buraq with a human"
"and Noah's Ark agrees with that given in Genesis, with a few variations. One of these concerns the final resting place of the Ark: according to Genesis, the Ark grounded on the ""mountains of Ararat"". According to ""Surah"" 11:44 of the Qur'an, the final resting place of the vessel was called ""Judi"", without the word ""mountain"". However, the use of Arabic definite letter ""Al"" in front of word Judi in the Quran signifies that it is pointing to a definite place (or mountain, in this case). Had it been referring to a general height, it would have been just ""Judi"","
"Mount Judi Mount Judi ( ', ', , """", ), also spelled Guti and Kutu, according to very Early Christian and Islamic tradition (based on the Qur'an, Hud:44), is Noah's apobaterion or ""Place of Descent"", the location where the Ark came to rest after the Great Flood. The Quranic tradition is similar to the Judeo-Christian legend. The identification of Mount Judi as the landing site of the ark persisted in Syriac and Armenian tradition throughout Late Antiquity but was abandoned for the tradition equating the biblical location with the highest mountain of the region, Mount Ararat. Jewish Babylonian, Syriac, and"
"times.” Ibn Abbas notes that either Gabriel, another angel, or Ishmael struck the ground with their heel and caused water to flow out of it. “The angel tells Hagar not to worry about perishing, for the boy and his father will someday build the House of God there in Mecca. This version of the legend follows the biblical account of Genesis 21:19-21 in almost perfect order.” The many versions of this legend attribute the importance and provide explanation for this religious building in Mecca. Reuven Firestone writes that this interpretation of the story, “serves in effect as an Islamic midrash"
"the ark: I firmly believe that the governments of Turkey, Russia, and the United States know exactly where the ark sits. They suppress the information, but (...) God is in charge. The structure will be revealed in its time. We climb the mountain and search, hoping it is, in fact, God's time as we climb. Use us, O Lord, is our prayer. According to Genesis 8:4, the Ark came to rest ""on the mountains of Ararat."" Early commentators such as Josephus, and authorities quoted by him, Berossus, Hieronymus the Egyptian, Mnaseas, and Nicolaus of Damascus, record the tradition that these"
"""mountains of Ararat"" are to be found in the region then known as Armenia, roughly corresponding to Eastern Anatolia. Syrian tradition of the early centuries BC had a tradition of the ark landing at Mount Judi, where according to Josephus the remains of the ark were still shown in the 1st century BC. The location of the ""Place of Descent"" (αποβατηριον, i.e., ""Nakhchivan"") described by Josephus was some 100 km to the southeast of the peak now known as Mount Ararat, in what is today Iraqi Kurdistan. According to Jewish Rabbinic tradition, the Ark was looted in antiquity, the remains"
"(called ""Tawrat"" in Arabic) to expand on the details of the temple. The hill is believed to have been inhabited since the 4th millennium BCE. Assuming colocation with the biblical Mount Zion, its southern section would have been walled at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, in around 1850 BCE, by Canaanites who established a settlement there (or in the vicinity) named Jebus. Jewish tradition identifies it with Mount Moriah where the binding of Isaac took place. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Temple Mount was originally a threshing-floor owned by Araunah, a Jebusite. The prophet Gad suggested the"
"sat down under a broom tree, asked God to take his life, and lay down and slept. An angel touched Elijah and told him to arise and eat, and Elijah found at his head a cake and a jar of water, and so he ate, drank, and went back to sleep. The angel again touched him again and told him to arise and eat, and he did and on the strength of that meal journeyed 40 days and 40 nights to Mount Horeb, the mount of God. When he came to a cave and lodged there, God asked him what"
"order to preserve it, no person is permitted to approach it."" In response to its first ascent by Parrot and Abovian, one high-ranking Armenian Apostolic Church clergyman commented that to climb the sacred mountain was ""to tie the womb of the mother of all mankind in a dragonish mode."" By contrast, in the 21st century to climb Ararat is ""the most highly valued goal of some of the patriotic pilgrimages that are organized in growing number from Armenia and the Armenian diaspora."" The first recorded ascent of the mountain in modern times took place on . The Baltic German naturalist"
"and 1990–1992. The Defense Intelligence Agency believes the anomaly shows ""linear facades in the glacial ice underlying more recently accumulated ice and snow."" Ararat anomaly The Ararat anomaly is an object appearing on photographs of the snowfields near the summit of Mount Ararat, Turkey and advanced by some Christian believers as the remains of Noah's Ark. The anomaly is located on the northwest corner of the Western Plateau of Mount Ararat (approximately ) at about , some west of the summit, on the edge of what appears from the photographs to be a steep downward slope. It was first filmed"
"Al-mi'raj Al-mi'raj or Almiraj (Arabic: المعراج ""al-mi'raj"") is a mythical beast said to live on a mysterious island called Jezîrat al-Tennyn (Sea-Serpent Island) within the confines of the Indian Ocean. According to legend, the beast was a gift given to Alexander the Great from the inhabitants of the island after he killed a large dragon that had been eating the livestock of the people there. It is mentioned in Zakariya Ib Muhammad Al-Qazwini's ""Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing"" (often times shortened to ""The Wonders of Creation""). Al-Mi'raj has been occasionally featured in video and role-playing"
"All Aboard for Ararat All Aboard for Ararat is a 1940 allegorical novella by H. G. Wells that tells a modernized version of the story of Noah and the Flood. Wells was 74 when it was published, and it is the last of his utopian writings. God Almighty pays a visit to Noah Lammock, a well-known author whom the outbreak of war has convinced that ""madness had taken complete possession of the earth."" At first God is thought to be a mental patient from a nearby asylum, but his dignified air earns him a reception in the writer's study. God"
"games. Al-mi'raj Al-mi'raj or Almiraj (Arabic: المعراج ""al-mi'raj"") is a mythical beast said to live on a mysterious island called Jezîrat al-Tennyn (Sea-Serpent Island) within the confines of the Indian Ocean. According to legend, the beast was a gift given to Alexander the Great from the inhabitants of the island after he killed a large dragon that had been eating the livestock of the people there. It is mentioned in Zakariya Ib Muhammad Al-Qazwini's ""Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing"" (often times shortened to ""The Wonders of Creation""). Al-Mi'raj has been occasionally featured in video and"
"The flood waters eventually subside, and Noah's ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat. A large area of Mount Ararat was in Armenian territory, as the border between Armenia and Turkey ran over the top of the mountain. Armenia was divided between the Soviet Union and Turkey following World War 1, and Mt. Ararat became part of Turkey—but it is still an important part of the national identity. The symbolic figure of Mount Ararat is still in the Coat of arms of Armenia. The coin´s obverse of this exclusive coin edition depicts the Armenian Coat of Arms. Underneath is the"
"fire left in the old volcano of Ararat?"" The Genesis flood narrative was linked to the Armenian myth of origin by the early medieval historian Movses Khorenatsi. In his ""History of Armenia"", he wrote that Noah and his family first settled in Armenia and later moved to Babylon. Hayk, a descendant of Japheth, a son of Noah, revolted against Bel (the biblical Nimrod) and returned to the area around Mount Ararat, where he established the roots of the Armenian nation. He is thus considered the legendary founding father and the name giver of the Armenian people. According to Razmik Panossian,"
"Vishap The Vishap is a dragon in Armenian mythology closely associated with water, similar to the Leviathan. It is usually depicted as a winged snake or with a combination of elements from different animals. Mount Ararat was the main home of the Vishap. The volcanic character of the Araratian peak and its earthquakes may have suggested its association with the Vishap. Sometimes with its children, the Vishap used to steal children or toddlers and put a small evil spirit of their own brood in their stead. According to ancient beliefs, the Vishap ascended to the sky or descended therefrom to"
"Mount Arafat Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah ( transliterated ""Jabal ‘Arafāt"") is a granite hill east of Mecca in the plain of Arafat. Arafat is a plain about southeast of Mecca. Mount Arafat reaches about in height and is also known as the Mount of Mercy (""Jabal ar-Rahmah""). According to Islamic tradition, the hill is the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammed stood and delivered the Farewell Sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards the end of his life. Muslims also say that it is also the place where Adam and Eve reunited on earth"
"spent in traversing the country of the Carduchians had been one long continuous battle, which had cost them more suffering than the whole of their troubles at the hands of the king [of Persia] and Tissaphernes put together."" They have been also mentioned as ""Gordi"" by Hecataeus of Miletus c. 520 BC. Targum, a Rabbinic source of Talmudic period, consistently assumes Mount Ararat to be located in Corduene, and not in the heart of the Armenian Highland. This region is traditionally identified with the landing site in Deluge mythology. According to Aggadah, Noah landed in Corduene in Armenia. The early"
"above sea level. Kiryat Ye'arim (Town of Forests) is named for Kiriath-Jearim mentioned in the Bible in relation to King David's transport of the Ark of the Covenant to -> Jerusalem. Here the Ark was said to have rested for 20 years. (This is also mentioned in a few other books such as the book of Samuel.) David then removed it to Jerusalem (I Chronicles 13, 5-8). There are those who believe that a nearby tel is the remains of the biblical town. Another theory is that the biblical town is the present Abu Ghosh. Six hundred dunams of modern-day"
"Baal with Thunderbolt Baal with Thunderbolt or the Baal stele is a white limestone bas-relief stele from the ancient kingdom of Ugarit in northwestern Syria. The stele was discovered in 1932, about from the Temple of Baal in the acropolis of Ugarit, during excavations directed by French archaeologist Claude F. A. Schaeffer. The stele depicts Baal (or Hadad), the Aramean god of storm and rain, and is considered the most important of the Ugaritic stelae. The stele is on display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The stele, carved into the white limestone, is wider at the base and"
"since their legend cannot be certainly attributed to Muhammed. According to Muslim scholar Ansar Al-'Adl, many interpretations of the verse originated from alleged Judeo-Christian sources that came to be recorded in some works of Quranic exegesis, called Tafsir. Numerous stories have been transmitted about these verses, yet all center around the same basic story: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, noted translator of the Qur'an into English, asserts that the source of this story may be the Jewish Midrash: Among the Jewish traditions in the Midrash was a story of two angels who asked Allah's permission to come down to earth but succumbed"
"to angels rather than being actual angels. Harut and Marut Harut and Marut (, ""Hārūṫ wa-Mārūṫ"") are the two angels mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, who were present during the reign of Sulaymân (, Solomon), and were located at ""Bābil"" (, Babylon). According to some narratives, those two angels were in the time of Idrîs (). The Quran indicates that they were a trial for the people and through them the people were tested with sorcery. The names are probably etymologically related to Haurvatat and Ameretat, two Zoroastrian archangels. The angels were astonished at the acts of"