In Search of the Lost Mountains of Noah: The Discovery of the Real Mts. of Ararat

I have read several of Bob Cornuke's books. He does his research and writes a very exciting story. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy!

This book ranks among the best adventure books I've read. It has the same thrilling writing quality as Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer The incredible adventure starts with a story by Ed Davis of his first hand visual experience seeing the Ark.They arrive at a village with mud and rock adobe living spaces. Davis sees hand-carved latches and lock pins, ancient oil lamps, clay vats, bowls, jars, and crude tools and what appear to be prehistoric farm implements. Davis sees a three-foot-tall cage that appears to be petrified with vertical bars made of twisted branches that are hard as a rock.The ark could was embedded in a glacier and could only be seen during certain warm years.Davis notices a peculiar vineyard built around a remote village. The village is called, "Where Noah Planted the Vine".Davis' journey will traverse three caves enroute to Doomsday rock. The first cave is located in a maze of low ravines deep in the foothills. They follow a path called the "Back Door" to the second cave. This was hostile territory, and they were on constant watch for Russian soldiers. The path is treacherous with hairpin switchbacks along the razor edge of a sheer cliff. They arrive at the second cave. There is a strong smell of sulfur present. They must be "roped together to scale an increasingly chaotic tangle of narrow ledges, steep ridges, and high cliffs". There are Russians stationed below. They reach the third cave hidden in a snow bank. In each cave, a mysterious chef has prepared a meal of goulash for them. Davis sees beautifully etched paintings of lions and other animals. They climb up a jagged moraine called the Doomsday rock - "a great, bulbous outcropping, dropping off on one side into a mile-deep chasm." Davis sees a horseshoe gorge. Davis sees "rocks, ice, and mountainside melding as one in the deep gorge" rendering everything into an inky black. Then Davis sees the ark, "A huge, rectangular structure lying on its side, like a battleship stuck on a sandbar." Davis exclaims, "Its enormous!""Davis blinked his eyes, then realized he was looking into the craft, its dark, yawning maw easily stretching one hundred feet into the cleft of the ice. Twisted, gnarled timbers, splintered up and out where the hull had split apart, framed the hole."Davis could see, a half-mile from the main section, another massive structure settled in among the boulders, its timbers ripped and protruding to one end, exactly as the first.Davis gazes deeper into the cross-section cutaway of the main hull and sees 1. three distinct floors 2. frail-looking partitions and walkways 3. on top, a raised roof that ran the better length of the structure.Davis creates a map of his journey, and in 1999, Team Iran is assembled. I won't share the adventures leading up to team Iran, read the book. Dan Toth, Dan Holbrook, Darrel Scott, Todd Phillips, Larry Williams, Bob Cornuke, and Dick Bright attempt to find the Ark

This book ranks among the best adventure books I've read. It has the same thrilling writing quality as Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer The incredible adventure starts with a story by Ed Davis of his first hand visual experience seeing the Ark.They arrive at a village with mud and rock adobe living spaces. Davis see's hand crave latches and lock pens, ancient oil lamps, clay vats, bowls, jars, and crude tools and what appears to be prehistoric farm implements. Davis see's a three feet tall cage that appears to be petried vertical bars make of twisted branches that were hard as a rock.The ark could was embedded in a glacier and could only be seen during certain warm years.Davis notices a parculiar vineyard built around a remote village. The village is called, "Where Noah Planted the Vine".Davis journey will traverse three caves on route to Doomsday rock. The first cave is located in a maze of low ravines deep in the foothills. They follow a path called the "Back Door" to the second cave. This was hostile territory and they were on constant watch out for Russian soldiers. The path is treacherous with hairpin switchbacks along the razor edge of a sheer cliff. They arrive at the second cave. There is a strong smell of sulfer present. They must be "roped together to scale an increasingly chaotic tangle of narrow ledges, steep ridges, and high cliffs". There are Russian stationed below. They reach the third cave hidden in a snow bank. In each cave a mysterous chef has prepared a meal of goulash for them. Davis see beautifully etched paintings of Lions and other animals. They climb up a jagged morained called the Doomsday rock - "a great, bulbous outcropping, dropping off on one side into a mile-deep chasm." Davis sees a horseshoe gorge. Davis sees "rocks, ice, and mountainside melding as one in the deep gorge" rendering everything into a inky black. Then Davis sees the ark, "A hugh, rectangular structure lying on its side, like a battleship stuck on a sandbar." Davis exclaims, "Its enormous!""Davis blinked his eyes, then realized he was looking into the craft, it dark yawning maw easily stretching one hundred feet into the cleft of the ice. Twisted, gnarled timbers, splintered up and out where the hull had split apart, framed the hole."Davis could see a half-mile from the main section, another massive structure settled in among the boulders, it timbers ripped and protruding to one end, exactly as the first.Davis gazes deeper into the cross-section cutaway of the main hull and sees 1. three distinct floors 2. frail looking partitions and walkways 3. on top a raise roof that ran the better length of the structure.Davis creates a map of his journey and in 1999 Team Iran is assembled. I won't share the adventures leading up to team Iran, read the book. Dan Toth, Dan Holbrook, Darrel Scott, Todd Phillips, Larry Williams, Bob Cornuke, and Dick Bright attempt to find the Ark using a five

Finally I have read a book from someone who isn't sure that Noah's Ark is on Mt. Ararat! Cornuke tells the story of his own problems with tunnel vision during the search, and know I think he may be on the right track. If you want to get your blood pumping, this book will do it!

If you are interested in the many cultural traditions of a great world flood or specifically Noah's flood, then you must read this book. There is much fresh insight to be found here. Further, the story is told in a captivating-even moving-way. Not a tall tale like some books of this genre but instead backed by years of solid investigation.