DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
Agree. The site is a striking boat-shaped formation, promoted since the 1970s as the fossilized ark. Geologists who examined it published it as a natural feature — an eroded mudflow wrapped around bedrock, its shape carved by the surrounding terrain.
Why it’s interesting
The 1996 geological paper carries a twist in its byline: co-author David Fasold had been the site's most devoted champion, and put his name to the survey that read it as rock.
Scholarly consensus
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.