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What say we can somehow even prove that the ark is the ark mentioned in the Bible?— Planet Atheism
Home, the ark was the only place the little eskimO felt comfort and belonging.— Musicrooms.net - Music Games Movies - The Latest News, Reviews, Interviews And Videos
Lord Kingsborough in his Mexican Antiquities (vol. viii. p. 250) says: "As among the Jews the ark was a sort of portable temple in which the deity was supposed to be continually present, so among the Mexicans, the Cherokees and the Indians of Michoacan and Honduras, an ark was held in the highest veneration and was considered an object too sacred to be touched by any but the priests As to religious architecture, we find on both sides of the Atlantic that one of the earliest sacred buildings is the pyramid.— The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
Assuming a cubit to be about 18 inches, the length of the ark was about 450 feet, its breadth about 75 feet, and its depth about 45 feet The Great Eastern's length is 680 feet, its breadth 83 feet, and its depth from deck to keel 60 feet The ark was built of gopher-wood, which is thought by some to be pine, by others cedar.— Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
Thus our Saviour--of whom the ark was a type--specially guides and protects those who flee to him for refuge But although we have noticed the ark as being the first ship, we cannot with propriety place it in the front of the history of navigation.— Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

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