The Deluge and the Ark Seekers
Historical Blindness
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
Ark seeker fever arrived in America when a christian fundamentalist pamphlet called new eden published the claim that a russian pilot named roskovitsky had discovered the ark on ararat in 19 17. In 18 87, one john joseph nori claimed to have summited erarat and discovered the arK. A story appeared about a joint expedition between the smithsonian and the national geographic society in 19 68. Supposedly, this expedition recovered all the remains of the ark, as well as the alabaster coffin of noah which still contained his remains. Unsurprisingly, the investigator whose existence has never been confirmed, was said by the pseudonymous author
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