Utnapishtim

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Definition

The flood survivor in the Epic of Gilgamesh who built an ark to save his family, craftsmen, and animals. His story is often cited as a source or parallel for the biblical Noah narrative.

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Special Edition: The Search for Noah's Ark

Earth AncientsOct 3, 2026

A boat-shaped landform near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, known as the Durupinar site, is back in the headlines after new ground-penetrating radar analysis suggested hidden tunnels, voids, and right-angled structures beneath it. Host Cliff Dunning traces the site's history from its 1959 aerial discovery through the expeditions of Ron Wyatt and David Fasold, including their claims about giant anchor stones and coded ancient coordinates. He then weighs those claims against Assyriologist Irving Finkel's cuneiform research, which describes flood arks as round or cube-shaped, and concludes the formation is a natural rock feature rather than Noah's Ark.

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