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Mt Ararat artefacts
Mt Ararat artefacts

The Standard
Money glitz | Staff reporter 18 Mar 2024
‘Potential Noah’s Ark link to Chinese architecture’
Chinese ancestors could be potentially linked to Noah’s Ark – the life-saving vessel during the great flood in the Book of Genesis that some believe docked at Mount Ararat in Turkey – according to Noah’s Ark Ministries International chairman Andrew Yuen Man-fai.
Noah’s Ark Ministries said an ancient mortise-and-tenon building complex has been uncovered at an elevation of 4,200 meters on Mount Ararat and it shares striking similarities with traditional buildings in China dating back thousands of years.
Mortise-and-tenon joints connect two pieces of wood or other material, without using nails or iron.
The earliest known examples of mortise-and-tenon structures in China can be traced back approximately 7,000 years ago to the Hemudu cultural site in Yuyao, Zhejiang, Noah’s Ark Ministries said.
Four ancient artifacts collected from the mountain were also showcased to the public for the first time during a ceremony of archeological exchanges at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Saturday.
These will be displayed at the Chinese Bible Museum in Kwun Tong for two months.
Speaking at the ceremony, Yuen said the discoveries show Chinese ancestors might have shared a link with Noah’s Ark or someone on the vessel who inherited the architectural craft. Noah’s Ark may be a representative of the idea of a “community of common destiny” promoted by China, he said.
Yuen said mortise-and-tenon structures have been discovered globally, “but China did the best job.”
There is speculation that the architectural techniques might have been spread through the ancient Silk Road, he added. Noah’s Ark Ministries will continue its research to study whether ancient humans shared a common civilization, Yuen said.
“Noah had three sons – Shem, Ham and Japheth, and it is said that his eldest son developed civilization in the East. Is it possible that the ark set sail from China?” he said, adding the discovery is an important revelation.
“We shouldn’t start wars as violence is the signal of the destruction of mankind. There should be no racial discrimination as well.”
Hillary Leung Sze-wai, assistant district officer of Yau Tsim Mong, who attended the ceremony, said she was shocked by the “significant discovery.”
Leung added: “Were ancient humans from the same background?”
Yuen also said his group has made many videos documenting the wood building complex in 20 years of exploration.
“We believe that we have built an extensive video archive of the discovery unparalleled by any other. This is a momentous occasion in human history, carrying profound significance. Its tremendous influence and historical value can help future generations gain a deeper understanding of ancient cultures.”
Veli Altundag, deputy general manager and mining engineer of the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration of Turkey, said the Mount Ararat region has been “a cradle for numerous remarkable and diverse civilizations throughout history.”

International Symposium 2024 Hong Kong
International Symposium 2024 Hong Kong
7th International Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark Symposium
7th International Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Symposium -source: bha.net.tr
7th International Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark Symposium
7th International Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Symposium – source: bha.net.tr
Wood on Mount Ararat
Wood on Mount Ararat
Pottery, baskets, utentils, flax, ropes etc. observed inside wooden structures
Pottery, baskets, utentils, flax, ropes etc. observed inside wooden structures

Food for thought:
About 4,500 years ago, Noah was commissioned to make provisions in the ark by sevens for the “clean” kinds of animals and two for the “unclean” kinds of animals.
This means that men had a good knowledge of “clean” and “unclean” kinds of animals.

Genesis 7 : 2: “You must take with you every kind of clean animal by sevens, the male and its mate; and of every animal that is not clean just two, the male and its mate …”

Superior knowledge and wisdom put into practice. Interesting to know for us who live in a world plagued by zoonosis like Covid-19. (zoonosis: animal diseases, such as rabies that can be transmitted from animals to humans)

(Turkish text translated via Google Translate)

Ark eyewitness U.S. Navy Photographer Officer William Todd 1953 – 1955 “…we noticed an object …sticking out of the ice at a true altitude of 14.500 to 16.000 feet. … there appeared this structure lying on a little shelf protruding from ice and snow. …The upper part had additions that looked like a railing or a roof that was in extreme disrepair. The colour was about the same as the ground. We witnessed the structure from about 2,000 feet above the object. However, once it was spotted, we flew around the mountain a number of times along the side of the object. It was a rectangular, slate-coloured boat that we all claimed was Noah’s Ark. The whole squadron of six mapping planes was abuzz about Noah’s Ark and everyday some plane “accidentally” went by Ararat to see it. You practically needed a control tower around Ararat that summer.

William Todd
William Todd

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