True, but it would mean that Noah's Ark was true.
But, we need to be careful about what you mean by ”Noah’s Ark was true’ because the find would only mean very little in the grand scheme of things.
If it was established that this object was Noah’s Ark it really doesn’t mean very much in archaeological/historical terms. All it means is that at one time there was a boat like object built that belonged to a guy named Noah, it proves absolutely nothing else.
I am not deliberately nitpicking, I am just stating exactly what the find would mean. It doesn’t mean that the animals went in 2 by 2, it doesn’t mean there was a worldwide flood, it doesn’t even mean that there were 8 people aboard the Ark, and it doesn’t even mean that Noah was a real person!
Historians need to look at all possibilities that the extant evidence suggests before making conclusions, they cannot take a text as being true and then go looking for evidence, historical research doesn’t work like that.
But if Noah's Ark was true, wouldn't you be even slightly more open to something else in the Bible being true?
I am very open-minded as far as archaeology and the Old Testament goes. I know for a fact that a great deal of the Bible is true. I also know that a great deal of the Bible is untrue. But each biblical claim HAS to be scrutinised by the same methodological approach as any other ancient text, it cannot be given special status, as this is not how research is carried out.
No scholar is completely objective, but they need to at least appear as objective as they can because overly biased research just cries out for peers to rip it to shreds.
There is a great deal of contrary evidence that falsifies the two flood accounts, discovering a possible boat shaped object in a mountain doesn’t really make the flood accounts any more realistic.
Finally, I would urge anyone examining the evidence to try and be objective, look at as much as possible from as many different angles as you can, listen to objections and try and be fair when evaluating the evidence. You also have to be reasonable with your conclusions, and keep in mind that miracles are beyond the realms of historical enquiry.
Enjoy your stay here.
Brian.