Did they carbon date the wood? Wouldn't the wood be too old to carbon date to begin with and would return inaccurate results?
Naturally I am skeptical of this "finding" because it has happened before. Here is a wiki article on searches for the Ark: Searches for Noah's Ark - Wikipedia.
Also:
quote:In 2007, a joint Turkish-Hong Kong expedition including members of Noah's Ark Ministries International claimed to find an unusual cave with fossilized wooden walls on Mount Ararat, well above the vegetation line. This 2007 expedition marked the first time in history that an alleged material sample of Noah's Ark was retrieved for lab analysis; the sample was determined by the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong to be petrified wood, although the origin of the material remains uncertain. However, since the discovery in 2008 there have been no findings linking this sample to Noah's Ark.[20] In 2010, members of Noah's Ark Ministries International reported that carbon dating suggests the wood is 4,800 years old which they believe to be the date of the Flood. However visual inspection of the wood structure indicates that it could not possibily be that old, as it is holding quite substantial weight and remains quite firm. The carbon dating of the wood sample has not been demonstrated to have followed suitable technique. They may have collected wood from the ground of the cave, which may have been in use for millenia, and then assumed the wood on the ground is a fragment of the structure.. They also deny that there was any human settlement at the site. In this case, the mountain is close to the plains of Mesopotamia, Sumeria , and Persia , which are known to been inhabitted continuously for many thousands of years. [21]
Looks like Creationism will either have to deny these "findings" outright or adapt and evolve (pun intended) their viewpoints to support it, thereby confirming carbon dating accuracy on their part.
On another note, some are claiming this is the same site and location of previous ark expeditions/discoveries. Is this true?
Sorry for the edit but I figured I would add the video posted on YouTube, this was linked from many articles on the subject:
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