Did Noah's Ark actually exist? Explorers climb Turkey's tallest mountain to find out

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, an oil painting by Simon de Myle done in 1570 as displayed at Sotheby's Paris on June 23, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

In the Holy Bible's Book of Genesis, God ordered Noah to make an enormous wooden ark to save him, his family and every clean animal on Earth from the Great Flood, which the Lord said He would let loose because "the earth was corrupt in God's sight and full of violence."

According to the Bible, Noah's Ark "came to rest on the mountains of Ararat" as the waters from the Great Flood receded.

Is Noah's Ark still lying somewhere in that mountain, now found in modern-day Turkey? A group of explorers sought to find out.

These brave discoverers' journey was captured on film and showcased in a documentary called "Finding Noah: An Adventure of Faith," which will be shown in 600 theatres in the United States on Oct. 8.

The documentary, directed and produced by Brent Baum, will follow the group of archaeologists, scientists and professional mountaineers, who faced the treacherous trek on the desolate terrain of Turkey's tallest mountain to know once and for all if Noah's Ark really existed, and if its remnants continue to exist at present.

"Shot in never-before filmed locations and in the harshest of conditions, this unprecedented feature-length documentary shows just how far men are willing to go to discover the truth," the documentary's website states.

The group's journey to the Mount Ararat will be narrated by Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise, and was shot using state-of-the-art technology and real-time satellite imagery.

Viewers can expect to find themselves on the edge of their seats while watching the documentary, as the team of adventurers had to face various perilous elements to find evidence of Noah's Ark.

"With constant threats of deadly rock slides, hidden crevasses, and glacial ice falls, the Kurdish rebel-held mountain poses great risk to any explorer, let alone those performing a thorough scientific investigation," the documentary's website says.

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