Just how would Noah's Ark have been preserved in the first place for its remains to be found?
Examples of wood that have survived thousand of years represent the extreme of environments.
The funeral barge of the pharaoh Khufu dated around 2500 BC survived because it was buried in a sandpit in a hot dessicated environment.
At the other extreme is bronze age timber circa 1000 BC found buried in very wet soil where oxygen levels are low resulting in limited biological deterioration caused by bacteria and fungi.
Then there is bogwood preserved in peat bogs by acidic conditions and a complete lack of oxygen or petrified wood where wood has become fossilized while underground.
It would seem that Noah's Ark does not fit any of these conditions in order to have been preserved.
Examples of wood that have survived thousand of years represent the extreme of environments.
The funeral barge of the pharaoh Khufu dated around 2500 BC survived because it was buried in a sandpit in a hot dessicated environment.
At the other extreme is bronze age timber circa 1000 BC found buried in very wet soil where oxygen levels are low resulting in limited biological deterioration caused by bacteria and fungi.
Then there is bogwood preserved in peat bogs by acidic conditions and a complete lack of oxygen or petrified wood where wood has become fossilized while underground.
It would seem that Noah's Ark does not fit any of these conditions in order to have been preserved.
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