Although efforts have been made to find the ark on Mount Ararat, the definite proof that it was used to survive a cataclysmic deluge exists in the written record of that event in the Bible book of Genesis.
Kuigi on tehtud pingutusi, et Ararati mäelt Noa laeva leida, kindel tõend selle kohta, et seda kasutati ellujäämiseks kõikehävitavas veeuputuses, on selle sündmuse kirjalik aruanne Piibli 1. Moosese raamatus.