‘Noah’s Ark resting place ‘100 percent confirmed’ after 4300 years.”

That’s what a recent headline in Great Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper breathlessly announced.

Most of us grew up being lectured, “Measure twice, cut once” (or in my case, “Measure twice, get those scissors out of your little brother’s leg!”) Modern archaeologists seemingly practice “Take a core sample and run to the press while it’s being evaluated!”

(Ironically, even Noah knew not to put the cart before the horse, especially when the cart needed to be left behind to make room for hay.)

Granted, I’m glad SOMEONE (armed with radar, 3D scans and a robot named Gopher) is finally getting serious about the mysterious Durupinar Formation near Mount Ararat in Turkey. Its boat-like shape was first detected by a NATO mapping mission in 1959, but attempts to verify its exact nature over the past 67 years have been........

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