00:00A story shared in different tellings across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
00:06The instructions are strangely specific.
00:09A vessel 300 cubits long, 50 wide, 30 high.
00:13Seal it with pitch.
00:14Fill it with pairs of every living thing.
00:17Then the waters rise, and everything else is washed away.
00:21300 cubits.
00:22A cubit is roughly a forearm's length, about 18 inches.
00:26That gives you a vessel around 450 feet long, longer than a football field.
00:32Now measure the mound on that Turkish plateau, about 164 meters, with a pointed bow and a tapered stern.
