Secrets of Noah's Ark

A team attempts to build the flood boat using inscriptions from an ancient clay tablet. More

In 1948, a British pilot serving in Iraq acquired a clay tablet with an intriguing, 3,700 year-old inscription. The ancient writing tells the story of how the god Enki warns a Sumerian king named Atra-Hasis of a future flood that will destroy mankind; Enki gives him instructions for building a boat to save his family and livestock.

AIR DATE 10/7/15