Ark

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Ark may refer to:

Religion

• Ark (synagogue), a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scroll
• Ark of the Covenant, consecrated container for Moses's tablets of Ten Commandments
• Ark of bulrushes, infant Moses's boat
• Noah's Ark, according to Abrahamic religions, a massive vessel Noah built at God's command to keep him, his family, and a core breeding stock of the world’s animals safe

Geography

• Ark, Virginia
• Ark, an alternative abbreviation for Arkansas
• The Ark (fortress), in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Technology

• Ark (computing), an archiving tool
• Ark Linux, a software distribution
• Interstellar ark, a conceptual multi-lifetime space vehicle
• Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America

Agriculture

• Chicken ark, a mobile shelter for domestic chickens
• Pig ark, a mobile shelter for domestic pigs

Narratives

• Stargate: The Ark of Truth, a 2007 film following the conclusion of Stargate: SG-1
• Ark (2004 film), a 2005 computer-generated imagery movie directed by Kenny Hwang
• The Ark (Transformers), an Autobot spacecraft in the fictional Transformers Universe
• The Ark (Doctor Who), a series of fiction episodes
• The Ark (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
• Ark (Noon Universe), a fictional planet

Music

• Ark (folk venue), a concert venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Ark (late 70s rock band), led by Scottish singer/guitarist Dave Kelly
• The Ark (band), Swedish glam-rock band
• Ark (UK band), a melodic rock band
• ARK (band), a metal band
• Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), by the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel
• Ark (The Animals album), a 1983 album by The Original Animals
• Ark (song), by the Japanese band Sound Horizon

Games

• Ark, a 1996 computer game subtitled Search For The Future
• Space colony ARK, from the video game Sonic Adventure 2
• Ark, the main character of video game Terranigma
• The Ark (Halo), a mysterious Forerunner facility from which all the Halos can be controlled in the videogame Halo
• Abels Ark, from the video game Xenogears
• Abels Ark, from the video game series Xenosaga
• The Ark, a special suitcase bomb in Splinter Cell
• Ark, Ark, the final level of the original Lemmings video game
• Ark, a teleporting facility from Earth to Mars in the computer game Doom
• Ark, Dagger's (Princess Garnet) final summon in the video game Final Fantasy IX
• ARK, the Advisors Of Rubi-Ka from the game Anarchy Online

British Royal Navy

• HMS Ark Royal, a prestigious ship name in the Royal Navy. It is often the name of the Fleet Flagship, and has been given to five ships:
  • HMS Ark Royal (1587), the English Flagship against the Spanish Armada in 1588
  • HMS Ark Royal (1914), Britain's second Aircraft Carrier
  • HMS Ark Royal (91), a ship which saw action in World War II and was sunk
  • HMS Ark Royal (R09), an Audacious class aircraft carrier
  • HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible class aircraft carrier, the current Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy

[edit] Other

• The Ark (Antarctica), mountain
• The Ark (newspaper), California
• The London Ark, an office block in Hammersmith, London, that looks like a ship
• Ark (toy company)
• Ark (scooter)
• Ark, a literary prize from the Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord

[edit] See also

• Arc
• Arch
• ARK
• Arkana