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land to emerge. >> pinpointing mt. ararat on a map has for centuries inspired true believers and treasure hunters from all over the world to climb the mountain's jagged peak in search of the biblical boat. among them, some very unlikely pilgrims, like donna dericho, a former playmate and "bay watch" star. >> i'm here on mt. ararat, up there, that's one of the areas that we're interested in that two pieces of the ark are. i know it sounds ludicrous. and i know that most people out there don't think that noah's ark ever really happened and they don't believe in that stuff. this is where the rocks fell, right? >> yes. >> this isn't how it is for me. for me, i'm looking for something that was there. i wasn't there on vacation. i was there to fulfill my dream. it was very frightening climbing up there.
a "baywatch" star can't resist the pull of one of the world's most for bidding mountains. what icy secrets lie atop? "back to the beginning with christiane amanpour" continues. >> the bible tells us that when the great flood finally began to recede, the ark holding noah and the earth's only other survivors came to rest on the mountains of ararat. and today a mountain by that very name can be seen towering 16,000 feet over the badlands of eastern turkey. >> from their history of the bible, it's really the first place that can be located with any degree of certainty. >> and we're sure it's there? >> you know what? all i can say is ararat is the tallest mountain in the middle east. if there was a flood and if there was a noah and if there was a boat, and if the water started to go down, this would have been the first piece of land to emerge. >> pinpointing mt. ararat on a
a bay watch star can't resist the pull of one of the world's most for bidding mountains. back to the beginning with christiane amanpour continues. >> the bible tells us that when the great flood finally began to rece recede, the ark holding noah and the earth's only other survivors came to rest on the mountains of ararat. and today a mountain by that very name can be seen towering 16,000 feet over the bad lands of eastern turkey. >> from their history of the bible, it's really the first place that can be located with any degree of certainty. >> and we're sure it's there? >> you know what? all i can say is ararat is the tallest mountain in the middle east, if there was a flood and if there was a noah and if there was a boat, and if the water started to go down, this would have been the first piece of land to emerge. >> pinpointing mt. ararat on a
was a boat, and if the water started to go down, this would have been the first piece of land to emerge. >> pinpointing mt. ararat on a map has for centuries inspired true believers and treasure hunters from all over the world to climb the mountain's jagged peak in search of the biblical boat. among them, some very unlikely pilgrims like donna dericho, a former play mate and bay watch star. >> i'm here on mt. ararat, up there, that's one of the areas that we're interested in that two pieces of the ark are. i know it sounds ludicrous and i know that most people out there don't think that noah's ark ever really happened and they don't believe in that stuff. this is where the rocks fell, right? >> yes. >> this isn't how it is for me, for me, i'm looking for something that was there. i wasn't there on vacation, i