Historical myths

[lars573]

And I don't trust anyone who is overly relgious, ever. I personally wouldn't put it past some group of crazy monks to have gone up there and carved a boat shape into the rock.

Now I wouldn't completely dismiss the random hand of fate creating a boat shape in a rock face. But until someone goes up there and finds out what in the hell is up there we can't know for sure.

[pezhetairoi]

I don't personally believe the Ark story was true. (The logistical difficulty of putting all animal species on one ship boggles me, knowing biodiversity for what it is :-D) Neither do I believe there ever was an Ark. Probably just a king who built an extra-large Royal Barge to weather the flood, nothing more. No Ark find has ever been confirmed, and I therefore do not believe, Roman Catholic as I am. Turkey's not helping by refusing to allow excavations :)

[swirly_the_toilet_fish]

The hauls of Viking burial ships are often found mostly(not all of) intact, only after a thousand years of decay. As it has been said, after approximately four(or more) thousand of years the wood would be all but disintegrated.

We should stop debating historical record while mixing it with religious influence though. Let us debate a more important topic. Were oats, barley, etc first grown to make bread or beer?