A 4000-year-old tablet from ancient Mesopotamia contains the specifications for an ark pre-dating the story of Noah

The tablet records a Mesopotamian god's instructions for building a giant vessel - two-thirds the size of a soccer field in area - made of rope, reinforced with wooden ribs and coated in bitumen.

Etched in the clay is one of the story's key elements: It describes how the animals must enter "two by two".

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