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³=START=   XMT: 10:15 Thu Oct 31  EXP: 10:00 Thu Nov 07      ³
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³SOVIET SCIENTISTS EXAMINE REMAINS OF SO-CALLED "NOAH'S ARK" ³
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³YEREVAN (OCT. 31) TASS - AN ARMENIAN SCIENTIST ARKADY       ³
³KARAKHANYAN WORKING ON MOUNT ARARAT IS EXAMINING THE REMAINS³
³OF AN UNUSUAL STRUCTURE WHICH HAS BEEN ATTRACTING EXPERTS   ³
³FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES FOR MANY YEARS NOW.                  ³
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³THE CONE-SHAPED STONE LOOKS LIKE A SHIP MEASURING 160 METRES³
³LONG, 52 METRES WIDE AND 13-17 METRES HIGH. TWO STONE FORMS ³
³WITH HOLES IN THEM WERE FOUND NEARBY. SPECIALISTS BELIEVE   ³
³THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ANCHORS FOR A HUGE VESSEL.  THERE USED ³
³TO BE A LAKE 10- 15 THOUSAND YEARS AGO THERE AND THE SHIP   ³
³COULD SAIL ITS WATERS.                                      ³
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³SEVERAL VERSIONS EXIST AS TO THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIQUE      ³
³FINDING. ONE OF THEM SAYS IT IS A CHAPEL IN THE FORM OF A   ³
³SHIP, SYMBOLISING NOAH'S WORSHIP, ANOTHER BELIEVES IT TO BE ³
³A NATURAL GEOLOGICAL FORM.                                  ³
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³ITS LOCATION HAS LONG BEEN UNKNOWN, KARAKHANYAN SAID, BUT   ³
³THESE REMAINS FINALLY SURFACED WHEN THEY WERE UNCOVERED BY A³
³LANDSLIDE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1968, ON THE  BORDER      ³
³BETWEEN TURKEY AND IRAN. KARAKHANYAN'S EXPEDITION IS        ³
³TARGETED PRIMARILY AT SEISMIC RESEARCH WITHIN THE UNESCO    ³
³LONG-TERM SEISMIC PROGNOSIS PROGRAMME AND ARCHAEOLOGY IS NOT³
³ITS PRIME OBJECTIVE.                                        ³
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