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The Explorers Of Ararat: And the Search for Noah’s Ark – 3rd Edition, Online Version
Copyrighted 2010 and All Rights Reserved by Great Commission Illustrated (GCI) Books
Book Initiated by B.J. Corbin
Edited by Rex Geissler & B.J. Corbin
Co-Authored by 33 Expedition Leaders & Researchers
The printed version of The Explorers of Ararat: And the Search for Noah’s Ark was published from 1998 to 2010. The Explorers of Ararat is a comprehensive and truly unique book about the search for the remains of Noah’s Ark. First, the book is a collaborative effort where B.J. Corbin brought together leading ark expedition leaders from the 1970s and 1980s to write each chapter. This gives the reader many different views and information regarding ark research from the actual explorers themselves. The explorers have traveled to the biblical “mountains of Ararat/Urartu” including modern day Mount Ararat, Mount Cudi and the Durupinar site dozens of times in search of the ark. Second, the book offers a compilation of ark resources including historical and contemporary accounts accumulated by Rex Geissler and Bill Crouse. This objective reference work combines the best of ark research archives with new eyewitness accounts to help the reader understand the historical view of the ark.
Many people have been mis-informed about the search for Noah’s Ark, and hopefully, this book will provide the public with a better understanding of the historic search for Noah’s Ark (without the hype in a no-spin zone!). The difficulty in searching for the ark in the “mountains of Ararat” will become obvious to the reader, as the explorers share their trials and frustrations. It will certainly answer the person who asks, “If it’s up there, why can’t you ark researchers just go up there and find if it is there or not?” Ten years after the printed version of the book was released in 1998, you can now view each chapter online for free in this web version below with thousands of photographs and illustrations, dozens of expedition leaders and researchers’ experiences, and over 1,000 informative pages on www.NoahsArkSearch.com only!
Acknowledgments by B.J. Corbin & Rex Geissler
Preface by Rex Geissler (Coming)
1850 Russian Colonel J. Khodzko
1856 British Major Robert Stuart
1876 James Bryce, British Viscount & Future Ambassador to the United States of America – James Bryce Photos
1893 H.F.B. Lynch, Persian & Mesopotamian Trader
1912 Edgar Banks, Assyriologist and Antiquities Dealer
Noah’s Ark April “All Fools Day” Hoax photo album from 1933 Germany was conducted by Ernst Baumann in the April 8th, 1933 edition of a German newspaper, “Kolnische Illustrierte Zeitung”. The research into this hoax was conducted by Phyllis Watson and her mother Violet Cummings, wife of Eryl Cummings, and then published by Rex. One wonders how much this hoax event, which was replayed far and wide in other publications, may have encouraged the belief that Noah’s Ark had survived, especially into the World War II years when many of the primary sightings took place in the “Stars & Stripes” periodical…
1945-1974 Clifford Burdick, Geologist
1951 Oliver S. Crosby, Statesman and Ambassador
1962-1968 Bill Dougall, Climber (Coming)
1964 Raymond Moore, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of the United States Office of Education
1964-1966 Nicholas Van Arkel, Ph.D. (Coming)
1969-1987 Elfred Lee, MFA Degree in Art, SEARCH Foundation – Elfred Lee Photos
1971-1989 John Morris, Ph.D. in Geological Engineering, Institute for Creation Research (ICR) President – John Morris Photos
1973-2006 Bob Stuplich, Climber – Bob Stuplich Photos
1973-1993 Ray Anderson, Researcher – Ray Anderson Photos
1976-2010 John McIntosh, SEARCH Foundation President – John McIntosh Photos
1983-2010 Charles Willis, M.D. specializing in Neuropsychiatry, Ancient World Foundation President
1984-2010 Bill Crouse, Christian Information Ministry (CIM) President – The Explorers of Ararat
1984-2009 Bill Crouse, Christian Information Ministry (CIM) President – “Bible and Spade” 19.4
1984-1990 Don Shockey, O.D. Eye Doctor
1984-1989 Robert Garbe, Researcher
1984-2010 Richard Bright, Ph.D., Commercial Airline Pilot – Richard Bright Photos
1986-2003 B.J. Corbin, Researcher – B.J. Corbin Photos
1988-1993 Chuck Aaron, Helicopter Pilot
1989-1990 Robin Simmons, Hollywood Writer/Producer
Historical Research Reference Appendices
Alleged Eyewitnesses Summary by Rex Geissler
Expeditions Summary by Rex Geissler
The Urartu/Ararat Boundaries – Reference Dr. Paul Zimansky’s Ancient Ararat: A Handbook of Urartian Studies by Rex Geissler, Gordon Franz, and Bill Crouse
Reconsidering The Urartu/Ararat Southern Boundaries With The Assyrian Kingdom by Rex Geissler presented at 2009 Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Conference Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana (Coming)
Mount Ararat Archaeological Survey by Rex Geissler and Ataturk University Director of Archaeology Prof. Dr. Cevat Basaran and Dr. Vedat Keles and presented at 2008 Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Conference Meetings in Providence, Rhode Island
Mount Ararat Geological Survey by Clifford Burdick, Geologist
Noah’s Ark Sources and Review of Alleged Sightings by Rex Geissler (Coming)
Who Controlled Ararat When? by C. Allen Roy (Coming)
Review & Critique of Bob Cornuke’s Search for Noah’s Ark Video in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format – or HTML Web Format by Gordon Franz, Bill Crouse, Rex Geissler
Hole Stones at Carahunge by Paris Herouni, Ph.D.
An Armenian Perspective on the Search for Noah’s Ark by Rick Lanser, M.Div. and presented at 2008 Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Conference Meetings in Providence, Rhode Island
Mount Cudi Historical References – The Explorers of Ararat
Durupinar’s Great Telçeker Earthflow Geologic Formation by Murat Avci, Geologist
Recommendations for Future Archaeological Research by Rex Geissler (Coming)
Recommendations For Future Expeditions by B.J. Corbin (Coming)
Questions To Ask Alleged Eyewitnesses by Rex Geissler (Coming)
Using Topography in the Search by John Comber (Coming)
What If Noah’s Ark Has Not Survived and Is Not Found? by Rex Geissler (Coming)
What If Noah’s Ark Has Survived and Is Found? by Rex Geissler (Coming)
Bibliography by Rex Geissler & Bill Crouse (Coming)
Index (Coming)
The alleged Alexis Romanoff Autobiographies PDF Download is also available from GCI Website that discusses a Russian immigrant and his son who Eryl & Violet Cummings met with.