{
  "id": 17153567,
  "title": "Noah’s Ark mystery: Researchers find wood 30 feet underground in Turkey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/noahs-ark-mystery-researchers-find-wood-30-feet-underground-in-turkey",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T19:13:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/archaeology/noahs-ark-researchers-claim-to-find-charred-and-uncharred-wood-30-feet-underground-in-turkeys-538-foot-durupnar-formation-near-mount-ararat-could-it-be-the-biblical-vessel/articleshow/135328302.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers investigating Turkey’s ship-shaped Durupınar Formation claim to have found charred and uncharred wood nearly 30 feet underground. The team believes the findings could offer clues about the biblical Noah’s Ark, but the discovery remains unverified. Earlier radar scans and soil analysis have also fuelled their claims, though independent scientific evidence is needed to establish the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}