Built on biblical proportions, this long-awaited huge replica of Noah’s Ark will open to the public this week.



The 155 metre-long structure opens on Thursday July 7 in Kentucky, where it’s expected to attract two million visitors in its first year alone.



Ark creator Ken Ham, president of church group ‘Answers in Genesis’, based the $100m (£77m) design on ‘dimensions in the Bible’.

Mr Ham believes the Ark will go down as ‘one of the greatest Christian outreaches of this era in history’.

Critics claim, however, the church’s attraction will be ‘detrimental to the education of science’.