In search of Noah's Ark

by David W. Balsiger, Charles E. Sellier Jr.

High atop a mountain in Eastern Turkey is a giant 5,000 year old wooden ship containing hundreds of stalls and cages. Is it Noah's Ark? Now there is actual photographic evidence that Noah's Ark really does exist. The story of Noah has influenced nearly every culture and civilization on Earth! Scientist have used satellites, computers and powerful cameras to pinpoint the Ark's exact location on Mt. Ararat. In the last ten years Mt. Ararat has even become the subject of CIA interest and KGB investigations! Now the greatest mystery of our time becomes the most startling book of the decade.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Religion, Christian, Christian Non Fiction

218 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book as part of my 2022 Armchair Escapist project! I'll be travelling around the world via Google Maps and finding things that interest me, delving further into local stories, myths and unexplained stories.

Williamstown, KY

I found it, guys. I found the worst book ever written.

There's way too much to say in one review, but let's put it like this - nothing makes sense any more. My brain has turned to mush from reading this - and that was with me skimming most of the latter chapters.

I found this in a secondhand bookshop an hour from where I live, in the conspiracies section, and reckoned I had to get it because once I saw a really cool Photoshopped picture of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat. Plus I thought it might be funny.

And while some bits were funny - see the quotes from a 'doctor' in my reading update - most of it was just so. so. so. boring.

Oh god but it was boring. Real science is dull enough, but made-up science proved even worse. The authors' methods of dismissing things had me creased, though. At one point there's an entire chapter of made-up Ark 'sightings' where every single person lost their photographs for increasingly convoluted reasons. And then they're so desperate to discount carbon-dating by the end I felt kind of sorry for them.

Also, the whole concept of people living for 900 years, of animals not eating each other (but also eating each other, at the same time?), of a deity cruel enough to murder almost all the animals on the planet... uh huh.

The only bit I liked (and that's cause it was quite creepy) was the story of the little boy climbing up and seeing all the holes in the roof.

Can ya tell I'm an atheist?

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, but sometimes technical.

[Horror Guy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mildly amusing and wrong at first, then just boring and wrong

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting summary of all the expeditions mounted to find Noah's Ark. It gives a fairly balanced account for what each expedition found or claimed to find. It is a very interesting read, but in many places, just a summation of what others have written. The book is written in a very easy to read style, and does not come across as text book like material. If you have any interest in biblical archaeology, then this book is for you

[Justin Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, now I am convinced that the ark is on Mt. Ararat. The book is well researched and full of facts. However, it has more the tone of a college freshman research paper with an approaching deadline. I may have enjoyed it more, but I still have a sour taste in my mouth from reading The Satan Seller, of which Balsiger was one of the authors.

[PSXtreme · Rating 1 out of 5]

A lot of speculation, not a lot of actual facts. Disappointing.

[Kiragu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A researched though brief presentation of info and data that lets you then make your own conclusion.