Mt. Ararat

 In the distance, Mt. Ararat, the resting place of the Ark, the olive branch, the sign of hope and peace for her people, for the Armenians, penetrated the landscape like a newborn's tooth breaking the gum line.

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Crestal elevations are commonly 1,400-2,000 feet (427-610 m), increasing to a maximum of approximately 2,700 feet (823 m) at Mt. Ararat.

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Many people believe the ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat.

CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2007 2007

And if we take look here, here is Mt. Ararat, and right up there, in the very top corner, is something that looks like an ark.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006 2006

You still believe that the ark could be on top of Mt. Ararat?

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006 2006

And taking a look at the telestrator here, this is the image that we're looking that looks like what could be just a snow-capped, wind-swept ridge on Mt. Ararat.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006 2006

ROBERTS: And of course, adding to all of the intrigue, as well, is that a lot of people have wanted to have expeditions up to the summit of Mt. Ararat, and just about every time the Turkish government has said, can't do it, it's a closed military area.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006 2006

This area on Mt. Ararat, that you have detailed here with some calculations, is a little bit above the 15,000-foot level.

CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006 2006

We hold that the solution lies in this that those few peaks that rise above Mt. Ararat were unknown both to the people of the days of the Flood as well as to the contemporaries of Moses.

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Mt. Ararat after the flood had partially subsided, and here was a people called Armenians and a country called Armenia long before the time of Christ.

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