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 A team of researchers are planning an expedition to explore what they believe to be Noah's ark this summer.

 Here's some snipets from the web site...

 Satellite pictures taken last summer of Mount Ararat in Turkey may reveal the final resting place of Noah's ark, according to Daniel McGivern, the businessman and Christian activist behind a planned summer 2004 expedition to investigate the site.
"We're telling people we're 98 percent sure," said McGivern, a member of the Hawaii Christian Coalition. "In one image we saw the beams, saw the wood. I'm convinced that the excavation of the object and the results of tests run on any collected samples will prove that it is Noah's ark. "


Attempts to take satellite images in previous years had been foiled by clouds, unavailability of imaging equipment, and lack of image resolution. But the attempts had helped pinpoint the location. In the summer of 2003, everything came together.

"Last year was the hottest summer in Europe since 1500; more than 21,000 people died of the heat wave," McGivern said. "The summer melt was far more extensive than it has been in years."

DigitalGlobe, a commercial satellite-imagery company, confirmed that they took the images that McGivern is using.

An international team of archaeologists, forensic scientists, geologists, glaciologists, and others is being recruited to investigate the site sometime between July 15 and August 15.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0427_040427_noahsark.html#main (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0427_040427_noahsark.html#main)

That is so awesome!  I hope they are able to explore it further without any problems.  I recently read part of an article that said years ago they found what they believe is the shipwreck described in Acts 27:27.  Along with the 4 anchors.  I think it is great how all of these findings are coming to light.  

 Me too!
Apparently, the ship/ark is almost fully exposed due to extreemly hot weather in recent times. They are able to make crude measurements from satelite images and the measurments match Biblical descriptions of the ark!

 Here's another amazing Biblical find..
Jerusalem Tunnel Linked to Bible

Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
September 11, 2003

Researchers using sophisticated radio-dating techniques have concluded that a tunnel running under ancient Jerusalem was indeed constructed around 700 B.C., during the reign of King Hezekiah, just as it is described in the Bible.
The tunnel, which is about 500 meters (550 yards) long, brings water from the Gihon Springs, located some 300 meters (330 yards) outside the walls of old Jerusalem, to the Siloan Pool inside the ancient city. It was built to protect the city's water supply during an Assyrian siege.

Structures described in the Bible are notoriously difficult to date. While some are poorly preserved or hard to identify, others are off limits to scientists because of political reasons. The age of the Jerusalem tunnel had been in dispute, with dissident scientists arguing it is not as old as the Bible suggests.

 (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/images/030911_SiloamTunnel.jpg) Scientists have confirmed that a tunnel found beneath the site of ancient Jerusalem was commissioned by King Hezekiah around 700 B.C. and is the same tunnel described in
the Bible