Durupinar: Perbedaan antara revisi

Keunikan ukuran dan bentuk struktur ini menyebabkan sejumlah orang meyakininya sebagai bekas [[Bahtera Nuh]] yang asli. Meskipun, ada ilmuwan<ref>[http://www.andrews.edu/archaeology/archive/merling/newpage21.htm Noah's Ark]</ref> dan penganut kreasionisme,<ref>Andrew Snelling ( Special report: Amazing ‘Ark’ exposé]" ''Creation ex nihilo'' 14:4</ref> yang menganggap struktur ini hanyalah formasi alamiah yang menarik. Tempat ini terletak dekat beberapa puncak yang tidak memiliki nama resmi, meskipun penduduk setempat menyebut salah satu puncak dengan nama "'''[[Gunung Judi]]'''" (bahasa Turki: ''Cudi Dağı'', [[bahasa Kurdi]] ''Çîyaye Cûdî''), sama dengan nama gunung yang disebutkan dalam [[Al Qur'an]] sebagai tempat terakhir terdamparnya Bahtera Nuh.<ref>Fasold, di antara peneliti lain, mencatat bahwa orang Kurdi setempat menyebut salah satu puncak di dekat sana sebagai Cudi, lihat {{cite book | last = Fasold | first = David | authorlink = | title = The Ark of Noah | publisher = Wynwood | year = 1988 | location = New York | pages = 92–93 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-922066-10-8}} Qur'an Sura 11:044 diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris oleh [[Marmaduke Pickthall]] sebagai: "And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) al '''Cudi''' and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk!"</ref>

Meskipun dikabarkan kemudian pernah meragukan bahwa formasi Durupınar adalah Bahtera Nuh,<ref name =Pockley>{{Cite news | last = Pockley | first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Theory blown out of the water | newspaper = Australian Sun-Herald | pages = | date = 6 November 1994 | url = }}</ref><ref name =CF>Collins, L. D. and Fasold, D. (1996). [http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo005/bogus.html Bogus 'Noah's Ark' from Turkey Exposed as a Common Geologic Structure]. ''Journal of Geoscience Education'' '''44''', 439—444</ref><ref name= Clifton>{{Cite news | last = Clifton | first = Brad | title = Doubts sank faith in Ark| newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)]] | date = 9 April 1997 | url = }}</ref><ref name= Thomson>{{Cite news | last = Thomson| first =Kirstyn | title = Witness Tells How Ark Faith Sank| newspaper = The West Australian | date = 9 April 1997 | url = }}</ref><ref name =Finkel>{{cite journal | last = Finkel | first = Elizabeth | authorlink = | title = Creationism Suit: Australian Geologist Battles 'Ark' Claim | journal = Science | volume = 276 | issue = 5311 | pages = 348 | publisher = | location = | date = 18 April 1997 | url = | doi = 10.1126/science.276.5311.348 | id = | accessdate = }}</ref> para peneliti sejawatnya, Don Patten dan David Allen Deal, melaporkan bahwa menjelang kematiannya Fasold kembali pada keyakinan bahwa situs Durupınar kemungkinan besar adalah lokasi untuk Bahtera Nuh.<ref>{{cite book | last = Deal | first = David Allen | title = Noah's Ark: The Evidence | publisher = Artisan | location = Muscogee, OK | pages = | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-933677-02-2}}</ref> Sahabat karib dan sekaligus penulis biografi dari negaranya sendiri, Australia, yang bernama June Dawes menulis:

'''Batu-batu jangkar Arzap''' ({{lang-en|The Arzap Drogue Stones}} adalah sejumlah batu-batu besar yang berdiri tegak, ditemukan di dekat situs Durupınar oleh arkeolog amatir [[Ron Wyatt]] dibantu oleh David Fasold dan lain-lain. Fasold menafsirkan artefak-artefak ini sebagai "batu jangkar" ({{lang-en|drogue}}), yaitu batu pemberat yang digunakan untuk membuat kapal lebih stabil dalam goncangan lautan yang berombak keras. Cirinya adalah adanya lubang besar di bagian atasnya yang sengaja dibuat untuk mengikatkan tali pada batu tersebut,<ref name="Fasold 1988">{{cite book | first = David | last = Fasold | year = 1988 | title = The Ark of Noah | publisher = Wynwood Press | location = New York | isbn = 0-922066-10-8}}</ref> dan karena adanya batu-batu tersebut diindikasikan dari pembacaannya pada kisah "[[Mitos air bah Gilgames]]", yaitu catatan kuno Babilonia mengenai air bah.<ref>http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/turkmap.htm (accessed 6 Sept. 2006)</ref>

*{{Cite book | last = Berlitz | first = Charles | authorlink = Charles Berlitz | title = The Lost Ship of Noah | publisher = Putnam | location = New York | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-399-13182-5 }}

*{{Cite book | last = Dawes | first = June | authorlink = | title = Noah's Ark: Adrift in Dark Waters | publisher = Noahide | year = 2000 | location = Belrose, NSW | isbn = 0-646-40228-5}}

*{{Cite book | last = Deal | first = David Allen | title = Noah's Ark: The Evidence | publisher = Artisan | location = Muscogee, OK | pages = | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-933677-02-2}}

*{{Cite book | last = Fasold | first = David | authorlink = | title = The Ark of Noah | publisher = Wynwood | year = 1988 | location = New York | isbn = 0-922066-10-8}}

*{{Cite book | last = Nissen | first = Henri | title = Noah's Ark Uncovered: An Expedition into the Ancient Past | publisher = Scandinavia Publishing House | location = City | year = 2005 | isbn = 87-7247-813-6 }}

*{{Cite book | last = Sellier | first = Charles | coauthors = David Balsiger | title = The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark | publisher = Dell | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-440-21799-7 }}

*{{Cite book | last = Wilson | first = Ian | authorlink = Ian Wilson (Christianity) | title = Before the Flood | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-312-30400-5 }}

*{{Cite book | last = Wyatt | first = Ron | authorlink = Ron Wyatt | title = Discovered: Noah's Ark! | publisher = World Bible Society | year = 1989 | location = Nashville | isbn = 0-942521-43-9}}