When I learned that the area would have been savanna back then it was an “Aha!” moment because a savanna would have provided enough lumber to frame a reed vessel, which is what more and more scholars are agreeing is what the text actually states. With a timber frame and reed hull, a structure the size stated in Genesis becomes no longer unreasonable.
An Ark totally of timber doesn’t work either structurally or in there being enough trees around; a wood-framed reed vessel fits both.
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