More Support for Noah’s Ark

MSN reports that scientists at the British Museum have deciphered a cuneiform tablet found nearly 150 years ago that apparently dates back 3,000 years (October 29, 2024). The stone tablet has writing on both sides, and the back contains a crude map and directions. “Researchers followed the instructions, finding a path to ‘Urartu’ where an ancient Mesopotamian poem claims a man and his family landed an ark to preserve life,” according to MSN. “The location is the Assyrian equivalent to ‘Ararat,’ the Hebrew word for the mountain [on which] Noah crashed the Biblical vessel that was constructed for the same purpose.”

In an interview, the British Museum’s curator pointed out that, because the biblical account and the story on the tablet are so similar, the account was likely widely known 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. The map tells readers that if one continues to follow the path of the map, one will eventually come upon a giant vessel. While the Babylonian account of the flood does differ from that of the Bible, the two are quite similar.

Many critics disparage the Bible for making exotic claims that seem unsupportable. Yet, over time, evidence continues to emerge to corroborate the Bible’s narrative. The recently deciphered tablet in the British Museum may not restate the biblical account verbatim, but it does demonstrate that the tale of an ark used to save people and animals from a great flood was well-known three millennia ago. This certainly lends further credibility to the biblical narrative. To learn more about the validity of the Bible, be sure to read or listen to The Bible: Fact or Fiction?