研究人员正在调查这个被一些人认为是诺亚方舟所在地的区域。他们刚刚完成了第一个完整的野外考察季节：在遗址下方钻探了超过60英尺（约18米）的深度，并收集了数百个样本，这些样本目前正在实验室中进行分析。
Researchers investigating the site believed by some to be Noah's Ark have just wrapped up their first full field season — drilling more than 60 feet beneath the site and collecting hundreds of samples now undergoing laboratory analysis. The Noah's Ark Research Project, supported by Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, has spent the last year collecting soil samples at the Durupınar site near Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey.
这个名为“诺亚方舟研究项目”（Noah’s Ark Research Project）的研究得到了阿格里·易卜拉欣·切琴大学（Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University）的支持。过去一年里，研究人员一直在土耳其东部的阿拉拉特山（Mount Ararat）附近的杜鲁皮纳尔（Durupınar）遗址采集土壤样本。
First identified in 1959, the boat-shaped formation has long-drawn speculation over a possible connection to Noah's Ark, though geologists have argued it is a natural formation. HOLY LAND DISCOVERY REVEALS ANCIENT CHARRED RELICS FROM ONE OF JERUSALEM'S DARKEST CHAPTERS In a 1996 paper, geologists Lorence Gene Collins and David Franklin Fasold rejected claims that the formation was Noah's Ark, concluding instead that it was "a natural rock structure."
该地质构造最初于1959年被发现，长期以来人们一直猜测它可能与诺亚方舟有关；不过地质学家们认为这只是自然形成的地质结构。
But in the decades since, researchers have continued investigating the site, with a university-backed project now using deep-core drilling and other methods to probe beneath the formation.
圣地发现揭示了耶路撒冷历史上最黑暗时期的古老遗迹在1996年发表的一篇论文中，地质学家洛伦斯·吉恩·柯林斯（Lorence Gene Collins）和大卫·富兰克林·法索尔德（David Franklin Fasold）驳斥了将该地质构造视为诺亚方舟的说法，认为它只是“一种自然形成的岩石结构”。然而此后几十年里，研究人员仍持续对该地点进行调查。目前，这个由大学支持的研究项目正在使用深钻等手段对该地质构造进行深入研究。
During the latest field season, researchers collected over 300 soil samples from varying depths inside and outside the formation, Noah's Ark Research Project vice president Andrew Jones told Fox News Digital. The team also used deep-core drilling at the site for the first time, reaching depths of 20 meters, or more than 60 feet, in some locations — and obtaining samples from within the formation that were sent for lab analysis. ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAKE UNUSUAL FIND NEAR SITE WHERE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS ONCE KEPT "That's what we'll be testing this winter," Jones said.
诺亚方舟研究项目的副总裁安德鲁·琼斯（Andrew Jones）告诉福克斯新闻数字频道（Fox News Digital），在最近的野外考察季节中，研究人员从该地质构造内外不同深度采集了300多个土壤样本。
"Just to see if we can find any type of man-made activity or something that suggests decayed wood."
研究团队还首次在该地点使用了深钻技术，某些地方的钻探深度达到了20米（约60英尺）以上，并从地质构造内部采集了样本，这些样本已被送往实验室进行分析。
The researchers hope the analysis will help determine whether there are signs of human activity or materials consistent with decayed wood beneath the formation.
考古学家在诺亚方舟曾存放过的地点附近发现了异常发现琼斯表示：“这就是我们今年冬天要重点研究的对象——试图寻找任何可能表明人类活动存在的痕迹，或者能够证明存在腐朽木材的迹象。”研究人员希望这些分析结果能够帮助确定该地质构造下方是否存在人类活动的痕迹，或者是否存在与腐朽木材相符的物质。
Jones said the decision to drill deeper followed earlier sampling in 2024 that showed differences between soil collected inside and outside the formation. Those samples, he said, contained three times more organic matter inside the site, along with 38% more potassium and differences in pH.
琼斯表示，决定进一步深入钻探是基于2024年的初步采样结果——这些结果显示该地质构造内部与外部的土壤存在显著差异。他说，内部土壤中的有机物含量是外部的三倍，钾含量也高出38%，同时土壤的pH值也有所不同。
"Near [the] surface, we're seeing a difference in the soil," Jones said of the earlier results. "Let's go deeper this year and see what we can find."
“在表层附近，我们就已经发现了土壤成分的差异，”琼斯谈到早期的研究结果时说，“今年我们决定继续深入钻探，看看能发现什么。”
LOST CITY TIED TO BIBLICAL EXODUS MAY HAVE FINALLY BEEN DISCOVERED IN EGYPT Any such evidence could be significant for the research team, which is investigating whether the boat-shaped formation could contain the remains of a man-made structure.
这个可能与《圣经》中记载的“诺亚方舟”事件有关的遗址，可能终于在埃及被发现了。任何相关的证据都对研究团队来说都具有重要意义，因为该团队正在调查这个呈船形的地质构造是否可能包含某种人造结构的遗迹。
Jones said the team believes its drilling results raise questions about some previous explanations of the site as a natural rock formation. "When we drilled into the formation this year for the first time, we did not encounter any solid block of rock, of limestone, [or] of any type of a rock," Jones said.
琼斯指出，他们的钻探结果对之前将该遗址视为天然岩石构造的解释提出了质疑：“今年我们首次对该地质构造进行钻探时，并没有遇到任何坚硬的岩石（无论是石灰岩还是其他类型的岩石），主要钻到的是土壤。”虽然研究团队在某些地方发现了巨石，但并未在该构造下方发现连续的、完整的岩石层。
"We were hitting mainly soil." Although the team encountered boulders in some locations, Jones said researchers did not find a consistent, solid block of rock beneath the formation.
“我们仍在分析研究结果，但我们认为这应该会让那些怀疑该遗址只是天然岩石构造的人重新思考他们的观点，”琼斯说。
CLICK HERE TO "We’re still studying our results, but we believe that this should give [skeptics] pause when they say this is a rock formation," Jones said.
在该地质构造附近发现的古代陶器也重新引发了人们对这个遗址的兴趣；一些最新报道将这些陶器碎片与“诺亚方舟”的传说联系在一起。不过琼斯澄清说，这些陶器是发现在该构造的旁边，而不是其内部。
Ancient pottery discovered near the formation has also fueled renewed interest in the site, with some recent reports linking the fragments to the Noah's Ark theory. Jones, however, clarified that the pottery was found beside the formation, not within it.
他补充说，根据陶器的风格，这些陶器可以初步判断属于铜器时代（Chalcolithic）到铁器时代（Iron Age）的文物。
The pottery had been tentatively dated by its style from the early Chalcolithic, or Copper Age, through the Iron Age, he added.
此外，琼斯还提到在该地质构造附近还有两个古代定居点，他认为如果这个遗址确实与“诺亚方舟”有关的话，这两个定居点的存在可能具有重要意义。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Jones said there are two ancient settlements near the formation and suggested their proximity could be significant if the site were ultimately connected to Noah’s Ark.
“我们可以把各种线索联系起来，”琼斯说道。不过他也指出，附近的定居点尚未经过发掘。“如果这里真的是诺亚方舟的所在地，那么早在早期就有人在此居住了。”自称是基督徒的琼斯表示，他相信《圣经》中的记载，但也提醒说团队“还有很多工作要做”。他呼吁大家不要急于下结论。他还表示，自己理解为何仍有人对该项目持怀疑态度。
"You can connect the dots," Jones said, though he noted that the nearby settlement has not been excavated. "If this is Noah’s Ark, we have people living right beside it early on." Jones, who identified himself as a Christian, said he believes in the biblical story but cautioned that the team still has "a lot of work to do." He urged people not to jump to conclusions. He also said he understood why some remained skeptical of the project. "I can understand because I have friends who are atheists or agnostic, and they think that I’m looking for Santa’s house or something," he said.
“我能理解这种疑虑，因为我有一些无神论者或不可知论者的朋友，他们觉得我是在寻找圣诞老人的住所之类的东西，”他笑着说。
The expert stressed that the team's field work was complete but that laboratory analysis was still underway before broader conclusions could be drawn.
这位专家强调，虽然团队的实地工作已经完成，但在得出更广泛的结论之前，实验室分析仍在进行中。
"We still have the lab work to do," Jones said.
“我们还有实验室分析工作要做，”琼斯说，“希望各位能持续关注，看看我们会有什么发现。”
"And I hope everyone can follow along and see what we find."