Tomb of Noah in Lebanon | MegalithomaniaUK

there for over 700 years and may have been there since the 11th century. It is located just northeast of the city of Zahle, in a small village named Karak Nuh located in the Beqaa Valley at the eastern foot of the Mt. Lebanon range not far from Baalbek. It is within a building adjoining the village mosque usually draped in a green cloth. It is unknown if any giant bones were found here, but it is still revered as a very sacred place that is rarely visited.

Mark Twain wrote about his visit to Karak Nuh in 'The Innocents Abroad':

'Noah's tomb is built of stone, and is covered with a long stone building. Bucksheesh let us in. The building had to be long, because the grave of the honored old navigator is two hundred and ten feet long itself! It is only about four feet high, though. He must have cast a shadow like a lightning-rod. The proof that this is the genuine spot where Noah was buried can only be doubted by uncommonly incredulous people. The evidence is pretty straight. Shem the son of Noah, was present at the burial, and showed the place to his descendants, who transmitted the knowledge to their descendants, and the lineal descendants of these introduced themselves to us to-day. It was pleasant to make the acquaintance of members of so respectable a family. It was a thing to be proud of. It was the next thing to being acquainted with Noah himself.'

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