In early November on Mount Ararat, Turkey, Archaeologists speculated to have found a footprint of Noah’s Ark.

For about a year they’ve been analyzing the “believed” boat- shape footprint.

Religious Studies teacher Joshua Kenney said, “I don’t want this to come off wrong but I don’t need evidence to believe that it actually happened. I believe in it enough that when evidence comes up it is great, but I didn’t need it.”

Though there is no factual evidence to say that a flood actually covered the world, archaeologists from Turkey and the United States have found soil remnants from the sea dating back to 5,000 years ago on the 16,854 elevated mountain. This brings up the question of whether they could be wrong, or is the story of Noah’s ark a true story?

To this question, Aaron Peakes ’25 said, “I personally believe in the story, and believe that it is an important example of God’s power, but also his love for us to succeed. Mainly by giving us opportunities and chances to fix ourselves.”

Religious Studies teacher Joe Frias also commented, “I think there of course is something true about it. I would say the Noah story has to be interpreted and not seen narrowly and simplistic.”

According to the book of Genesis, God told Noah to build a boat and have two of each animal. When the flood came, the evil of the world was washed away and Noah, his family, and the animals were saved and repopulated the new world. In the story it is also added that the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.

New findings also suggest human activity near the boat- shaped formation around 5500 and 3000 BC.

However, while Keeney is appreciative of this new piece of evidence in confirming the existence of God, he pointed back to what actually happened thousands of years ago: the sign of the flood, and Noah making the Ark and bringing the people and the animals into the ark. He said, “That was the true sign.”