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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: "Noah's Flood" Not Rooted in Reality, After All?


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Some believe that Noah's Ark came to rest on Turkey's Mount Ararat, above.

But the ancient flood that some scientists think gave rise to the Noah story may not have been quite so biblical in proportion, a January 2009 study says.

Photograph by Melik Baghdasaryan/AP/Photolur