This paper will take you from the prayers of local inhabitants at Cudi Dagh in 2013 back to the pilgrim festivals in the 20th century, the ruins of mosques, churches and monasteries in the past thousands of years – to the Assyrian kings and the even more ancient potentates of Uruk, who are the eminent heroes of the epics of Gilgamesh and Nimrod, searching for the ark, Noah and immortality. It was presented at the »Noah and Mt. Cudi Symposium« at the University of Sirnak, May 25th, 2021.
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The title of my lecture at the 2nd International Symposium of the Flood, Noah's Ark and Mount Cudi in Sirnak was »Pilgrims to Noah – The History of Pilgrimage to Cudi Dagh, the Mountain of the Ark«.
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In the last issue of 2014 (November/December), »Biblical Archaeology Review«, the »world’s best-selling biblical archaeology magazine«, published an article about an unidentified Assyrian relief on the slopes of Cudi Dagh: »Where Noah Landed?« This happend after I sent a picture of that carving to the editor of B.A.R., which I got from Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Baz of the University of Sirnak. [ more … ]

I collected some corrupted trailers and put them together. [ more … ]

The new film »Noah« by Darren Aronofsky has many critics among Christians. My opinion is a little bit different. [ mehr … ]

No robes, no sandals! And director Darren Aronofsky promised actor Russell Crowe not to shoot him as Noah with two giraffes standing behind him. In a newly published Interview with »Rolling Stone« Aronofsky, who celebrates his birthday today, revealed some interesting details about the Hollywood epic.
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The title of my lecture at the International Noah and Cudi Dagh Symposium in Sirnak was »The German Explorers of Cudi Dagh – 114 Years of Examining the Real Landing Place«.
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Auf der Internetseite »Defamer« ist der Trailer des Kino-Films Noah zu sehen. Er wurde von jemandem bei einer Vorführung abgefilmt und ist deshalb von sehr schlechter Qualität.
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Bill Crouse hold a lecture at the International Noah and Cudi Dagh Symposium in Sirnak about »Five Reasons Noah’s Ark Did not Land on Mt. Ararat; Five Reasons Why It Did Land On Cudi Dagh«.
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Almost everyone knows the story of the Great Flood and Noah and his family’s rescue in the Ark. There are children's books, toy arks, cartoons, advertisements and much more. Yet fewer and fewer people know exactly what the Bible writes about the Great Flood in Chapters 6 through 9 in the Book of Genesis.
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The Assyrian King Sennacherib was the nemesis of King Hezekiah of Judah. What did he think, and what did he believe? A glimpse into the Bible, History, and Archaeology.
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The discovery of Noah’s Ark was announced on Sunday, April 24th 2010 by a Chinese organization from Hong Kong (Noah’s Ark Ministries, International).  The problem with this is that it seems like the »discovery« of Noah’s Ark is getting to be almost an annual event.  What in the world is going on?  We think it’s a question that is easy to analyze. (by Bill Crouse and Gordon Franz)
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