| Chattanooga TN/ July 27, 2005/ --- A Chattanooga man is training to climb Mt. Ararat located in far eastern Turkey to search for the legendary Noah’s Ark. Jeremy Wiles, age 25, is expected to meet the expedition team in Istanbul on August 18th. He is the founder and president of Bible Treasures Films, a new Christian company devoted to producing documentary films about Biblical archeology. After graduating with a business degree from Tarleton State University in Texas, Wiles pursued his passion of travel and adventure and began searching for the most illusive Biblical artifacts in some of the most dangerous and remote countries on earth. Wiles, cameraman Ashish Varghese of India, and Ark hunter Donald MacKenzie from Scotland will spend over 7 days on the treacherous icy terrains of Mt. Ararat searching for Noah’s Ark. They will spend the majority of their time exploring the CIA Ararat anomaly. U.S. spy satellites photographed a strange boat formation high on the mountain decades ago. The first reported expedition ever up Mt. Ararat was J. Parrot in 1829. Mt. Ararat gained attention when Lunar Astronaut James Irwin scaled the icy slopes in search for the Ark in the 1980’s. A hard fall almost took the moon-walking astronauts life before he gave up searching all together. Wiles was part of an expedition in October 2004 to a location 15 miles from Mt. Ararat that some believe to be Noah’s Ark. The site is still in the “Mountains of Ararat,” according to Genesis 8:4. A 515 feet long boat shaped formation rests on the side of the mountain, which meets the exact dimensions noted in the Bible. To the naked eye, it looks like a fossilized ship buried in the ground. Many prominent scientists and experts have been searching for the Ark on Mt. Ararat for decades. According to Wiles, he wants to explore the possibility of Noah’s Ark resting on the towering 17,000 foot mountain. The biggest safety concern for the expedition members is not the icy terrain, but the violent PKK terrorists who consider the mountain to be their territory. Team members will meet in Istanbul and travel over 900 miles to the desolate and rugged terrain of Eastern Turkey, near the borders of Armenia and Iran. Permits are being issued by the Turkish government to climb the mountain. A 90 minute television documentary will be release sometime in 2006 about Wiles’ two adventures to Turkey in search for Noah’s Ark. For more information: Visit www.TheQuestForBibleTreasures.com Contact: Jeremy Wiles (423) 255-9333 / Jeremy@thequestforbibletreasures.com
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