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Joe Yates
The discovery of an underwater city found by the 'resting place of Noah's Ark' is a revelation that may lead to the Bible story being re-written.
While the Holy Writ has been around for centuries, and memorized by millions of people around the world, historians have made a recent finding in the east of Turkey which may have unearthed secrets not disclosed in the Scripture.
Europe's real answer to the mythical city of Atlantis is buried 85 feet beneath the water of Lake Van, close to Gevaş - a town at the bottom of the pool of water situated about 150 miles from Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark is believed to have rested following the great flood.
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The discovery was actually made in 1997 by the Turkish underwater filmmaker Tahsin Ceylan, but its significance has not been appreciated until today thanks to historians who helped piece together its timeline.
Lake Van is home to a number of underwater ruins, but the one in question actually ties into the story of Noah's Ark.
"Unfortunately, Tahsin discovered what I think was one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in history and he didn't get really very much attention for it because it's not labeled correctly or understood," explained archeologist Matthew LaCroix, while appearing on the Matt Beall Limitless podcast.
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"So part of this mission of him being involved in this is so he can finally get the credit that he deserves for what he discovered."
How it all ties in with the Bible is because it may provide evidence that an ancient and advanced civilization existed in the area before the last Ice Age - 12,000 years ago, and that they may have inspired the earliest versions of Noah's Ark.
Ancient tablets from numerous cultures detail similar events, but with the survivor of the Great Flood being named Ziusudra or Utnapishtim - names archaic even to when Noah was around.
LaCroix explained how research uncovered that Mount Nemrut, a volcano in the center of Turkey, erupted and blocked the Mirat River from flowing, which caused intense flooding during the Younger Dryas period - a period of climate cooling that occurred between 12,900 and 11,700 years ago.
It took place after a period of warming, following the last glacial maximum, within the larger Ice Age.
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The half-mile long city features a stone fortress as well as circular temples with incredible masonry workmanship that reveals a six-spoked 'Flower of Life' symbol - that is also found in ruins discovered in Peru and Boliva.
"As far as I'm aware, any civilizations in the last 6,000 years did not have the technological means to create the type of stonework we're seeing here," LaCroix, who has extensively studied the secrets of ancient civilizations, notes.
Evidence in the soil suggests that the eruption from the volcano caused the Great Flood, which Noah is believed to have ridden in his Ark.