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Who are National Geographic?National Geographic is a globally recognized media brand and scientific institution dedicated to the exploration, protection, and public understanding of our world. Founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a group of 33 prominent scholars and scientists, it began as the National Geographic Society to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge.
Where is Noahs Ark?Noah's Ark is the boat in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spares Noah, his family, and pairs of each land animal in the world from a global deluge. The story in Genesis is based on earlier Mesopotamian flood myths. The myth of the global flood that destroys all life begins to appear in the Old Babylonian Empire period (20th-16th centuries BCE). The version closest to the biblical story of Noah, as well as its most likely source, is that of Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Scholars note shared themes, dimensions, and language but different causes for the flood. Scholars also link its structure to the Jewish Temple.
