Noah's Ark Hunters Testing For Wood After Drilling Mission
The international group of archaeologists, geologists and soil scientists started drilling into the famous Durupınar Formation with its Gopher drone, an “underground robot built to go where a person cannot," last week collecting its core samples. Preliminary radar data do not show “a simple homogeneous solid-rock signature,” Andrew Jones, founder of Noah’s Ark Scans, said at the time. His U.S.-based group is working with Bakhtar Research and Engineering LLC, whose scientist, Dr.
- ▪The international group of archaeologists, geologists and soil scientists started drilling into the famous Durupınar Formation with its Gopher drone, an “underground robot built to go where a person cannot," last week collecting its core sa
- ▪Preliminary radar data do not show “a simple homogeneous solid-rock signature,” Andrew Jones, founder of Noah’s Ark Scans, said at the time.
- ▪His U.S.-based group is working with Bakhtar Research and Engineering LLC, whose scientist, Dr.
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By Jordan KingReporter0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.A team searching for the remains of Noah’s Ark in a boat-shaped formation in Turkey said they have not identified any material in the 515-foot structure as wood. The international group of archaeologists, geologists and soil scientists started drilling into the famous Durupınar Formation with its Gopher drone, an “underground robot built to go where a person cannot," last week collecting its core samples. Preliminary radar data do not show “a simple homogeneous solid-rock signature,” Andrew Jones, founder of Noah’s Ark Scans, said at the time.
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