3,000-Year-Old Tablet May Reveal Noah's Ark Location
Researchers decipher ancient Babylonian map indicating a path to Urartu, believed to be the ark's resting place.
- The Imago Mundi, a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet, has been deciphered to potentially show the location of Noah's Ark.
- The artifact, discovered in Iraq in 1882 and housed at the British Museum, features cuneiform text describing a journey to Urartu, linked to the biblical Ararat.
- Dr. Irving Finkel, a British Museum curator, suggests the tablet's instructions lead to remnants of a large vessel, supporting ancient flood narratives.
- The map depicts Mesopotamia surrounded by a 'bitter river,' marking the known world's borders, with Urartu identified as a significant destination.
- Controversy remains over whether the described ark site in Turkey is natural or man-made, with ongoing excavations revealing human activity dating back 3,000 to 5,000 years.