Drilling begins at 'Noah's Ark' site with warning that 'Darwinism will be dismantled'

Daniel Smith Wed, September 23, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC

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Noah was a key figure in the Old Testament (Image: Getty)

Researchers have begun drilling at the controversial Durupinar formation in eastern Turkey, a site that some believe could be the final resting place of Noah's Ark.

The work is part of the Noah's Ark Scans expedition, which aims to investigate what lies beneath the surface of the disputed site near Mount Ararat.

The expedition involves Lauren Witzke, a divisive Christian activist, and includes international archaeologists and geologists. The team plans to use an underground robot named Gopher to explore below the site. The wild development comes after NASA supported Stephen Hawking's disturbing end-of-world prediction.

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Experts involbed in the Turkey dig are optimistic that their investigation could produce significant findings, despite scepticism within the scientific community about any connection to the ark described in Genesis.

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"Good morning from the outer rims of Noah's ark," Witzke wrote in a Tuesday update. "Core drilling has begun and the big bang evolutionists are already in damage control mode."

Witzke, who is the marketing and fundraising director of the scheme, insists the expedition has Turkish government approval and oversight from local universities, with "some of the most brilliant minds in the world" employed on the project.

She claimed: "When we are done, university curricula will need to be rewritten, and Darwinism will be dismantled. This is the place where creation began anew."

A former Senate candidate, Witzke is a self-proclaimed 'flat-earther', who once called the Covid vaccine a "Satanic plot".

The Durupinar formation (Image: Getty)

The Durupinar formation was discovered in 1948 after it was exposed by heavy rains and earthquakes. Its distinct shape and size have convinced some people that it is the fossilized remains of the famous ship, which Noah built under God's instruction to ensure the world's animals would survive after a huge global flood. Searches for Noah's Ark have been made several times, stretching back thousands of years. In the 1st Century, Jewish historian Flavius Josephus claimed the remaining pieces of Noah's Ark had been found in Armenia, at the mountain of the Cordyaeans, which is understood to be Mount Ararat in modern-day Turkey. Various locations for the ark have been suggested, but never confirmed. Previous studies of the Durupinar site have found nothing but natural sedimentary formations.

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