Dr Irving Finkel the world famous philologist and Assyriologist of the British Museum, discussed in a recent video a Babylonian cuneiform tablet which he called \u201cthe oldest map in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What makes it so interesting is that it proports to show exactly where Noah’s ark can be found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe translated text on the reverse of the tablet describes the steps in a traveler\u2019s journey to discover the location of the Ark, describing \u201cseven leagues,\u201d which they must pass through to arrive at the remnants of the \u2018parsiktu-vessel\u2019. The map leads to \u2018Urartu,\u2019 which was named in an ancient Mesopotamian poem as the Ark\u2019s landing place and is the Assyrian equivalent to \u201cArarat,\u201d, the mountain location named in the Hebrew Old Testament as the resting place of Noah\u2019s Ark. A location close to Ararat\u2019s summit has long been the speculated location of the Ark\u2019s resting place, as researched by\u00a0Noah\u2019s Ark Scans<\/a>. In Finkle\u2019s explanation of the tablet, he explained how ancient travelers taking the path to Urartu may have seen the remains of the mammoth vessel on their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Babylonian version of this tale, it is a man named Utnapishtim who undertakes this task. Finkel explained that this tablet demonstrated that \u201cthe story was the same \u2026 that from the Babylonian point of view, this was a matter of fact thing \u2026 that if you did go on this journey you would see the remnants of this historic boat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A location close to Ararat\u2019s summit has long been the speculated location of the Ark\u2019s resting place, as researched by\u00a0Noah\u2019s Ark Scans<\/a> and the biblical measurements given (\u201c300 cubits, 50 cubits, by 30 cubits,\u201d which is equal to around 515 feet long by 86 feet wide and 52 feet high) match up with the measurements of the site in modern-day Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
This is just one more interesting bit of ancient evidence Finkel has uncovered showing multiple matching cultural references to a great flood event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re curious to read more, he is the author of the 2013 book\u00a0The Ark Before Noah,<\/em>\u00a0which goes over the ancient artifacts about a flood event believed to have occurred around 5,000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n