3,800-year-old blueprint reveals that Noah’s Ark was round

THE story of how the animals climbed aboard Noah’s Ark “two-by-two” has captivated children for hundreds of years.

Workers reconstruct the ark for a Channel 4 documentary based on Dr Finkel's research [CHANNEL 4]

But now an expert who has spent the past five years translating an ancient tablet on which instructions for building the vessel were inscribed has debunked the story as a myth.

It is commonly assumed that Noah’s Ark was a rectangular wooden ship that saved him and the animals from a tsunami.

BBC's chief technology officer sacked weeks after being suspended for spending £98million on an 'overly-ambitious IT project'

• John Linwood, who had a £280,000 salary, was suspended in May
• He was in charged of the disastrous Digital Media Initiative
• Doomed project was meant to revolutionise BBC archives
• But it was branded a huge waste of money by Director General Tony HallThe BBC's chief technology officer was sacked weeks after being suspended over the multimillion-pound failure of an ambitious IT project, it has been revealed.
  John Linwood was suspended in May when the BBC launched a review into how the bill for the failing Digital Media Initiative (DMI), an attempt to create a digital production system and archive, had come to £98.4 million.
  
  

Video: Man Addicted To Plastic Bags Has Chomped Over 60,000 - But Medical Tests Reveal He's Fit As A Fiddle

We don't know what's more miraculous - the fact that 23-year-old Robert from Tennessee has eaten over 60,000 plastic bags and is medically fine, or that he actually has a fiancee who still wants to marry him despite the fact that he refuses to sample wedding cakes. (Because he's full from eating plastic).
In an extraordinary episode of TLC's The Wrap, we follow Robert's journey as he reveals he "drives around the neighbourhood" looking for the thin bags that newspapers are delivered in on people's porches.

Kim Kardashian is Expecting!

The rumors are true: Kim Kardashian is pregnant! The reality star's rep confirmed the news to ET after Kim's boyfriend Kanye West announced it Sunday night during his concert in Atlantic City.
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Kim took to her blog to share the exciting news. "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby," she wrote.

Did Shakira Give Birth?

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Shakira's boyfriend Gerard Pique spilled the news on Thursday that the couple welcomed a new son, but not everyone is believing this baby announcement.

Kourtney Kardashian is One Hot Ma

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Nicki Minaj Slams ESPN Cover -- Says It's "When Retouching Goes Wrong"

Nicki Minaj just called out ESPN The Magazine!

The singer and basketball star Kobe Bryant covers the publication's Music Issue -- but she's ticked over her photo, which she says was Photoshopped in all the wrong ways.

"When retouching goes wrong," she wrote on Instagram, posting a closeup of the cover.