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Re: Geology from Outer Space
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:39:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> > You might ask instead why the Noachian Flood myth so closely mirrors a much
> > earlier Sumerian myth, even down to "two of each kind of animal."
> Both Nova and National Geographic have recently done pieces on new findings
> that suggest a catastrophic flood of the Black Sea did indeed occur x
> thousands of years ago. I can't really remember the details, but I believe
> that the event is hypothesized to have occured as a result of tectonic
> movements that allowed the Mediteranean to flow through a fissure into the
> Black Sea basin. One of the scientists in the Nova episode commented that,
> in the scenario being considered, the flood could have displaced settlement
> at the rate of a mile a day. Submersibles have been used to find settlement
> remains some distance from the present coastline. This of course doesn't
> prove anything in itself, but it is interesting that the scientific
> community is beginning to lend credence to the possibility of a catastrophic
> flood of some nature that had a marked impact on a focus point of developing
> civilization.
I've seen bits about that on Good Morning America and now and then on CNN,
but I'm not up on the latest info. What I recall is that the water flow
into the Black Sea exceeded the rate over Niagara falls for a period (if I
remember correctly) of years! That's a lot of moisture!
Such a flood is an amazing thing to consider, and I'm sure that the people
at ground zero when the fissure opened felt that a catastrophe was going on.
I just don't know how far-reaching or pervasive the effects of such a
(relatively) localized flood could have been; did the people in Sumer really
feel the waters of the Black Sea rising around them? I know you're not
suggesting that they did, but I'm concerned that the more literal-minded
might use the Black Sea inundation as proof of a world-wide flood.
Dave!
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) There's also evidence that the filling of the Mediterranean was witnessed as well. An event that large most likely was felt in Sumer, probably by the entire Fertile Crescent. Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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| (...) I doubt that the Sumerians felt the water rising, although such an event would have disrupted trade balances and relationships. There also would have been a dramatic exodus of refugees, many of them "spilling" into Sumeria. Since a fertile (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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| (...) Here's my literal-mined response: :-) I liked the way James put it: "This of course doesn't prove anything in itself, but it is interesting that the scientific community is beginning to lend credence to the possibility of a catastrophic flood (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Both Nova and National Geographic have recently done pieces on new findings that suggest a catastrophic flood of the Black Sea did indeed occur x thousands of years ago. I can't really remember the details, but I believe that the event is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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