dingpatch
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Doing some reading about Gobekli Tepe that led me to Graham Hancock. Lots and lots of archeologists hate him. Very interesting. So anyway, , , , in regard to the "Flood".
Nope, it did not rain for "40 days and 40 nights". The Noah fable was a late comer to the list of flood "myths". Go to the Sumerian tale of "Gilgamesh" to get a more original version, Noah is a copy of Gilgamesh. There are over 2000 flood stories world wide. All of the newly discovered under-water ancient ruins that were previously considered to be only possible through geologic reasons are know being researched as "real". They themselves were already ancient 12,500 years ago when they were covered by the ocean.
During the peak of the last Ice Age, sea level was around 400 to 450 feet lower than it is today. The ocean gradually rose over many thousands of years after the ice began to melt (about 10,000 years). BUT, geologists now know that during that time there were 3 or 4 events when the seas rose around 30 feet overnight. In one, we know that there was a huge melt lake where Hudson Bay is now and that lake broke its bounds and rushed down into the sea. Yep, over night there was a 30 foot rise all around the world. Where would our current civilization be today after a "instant" and permanent rise of 30 feet? So anyway, , , ,
Start taking a look at the ancient maps we have. They are all copies of much, much, older maps. When these "copies" first came to light, everybody said that they we just not right because "that coast line does not look like that", "there is no island there", and how could anybody back then know anything about such-and-such place. The one, more famous, map shows Antartica and it is very acurate if you account for a much lower sea level. "We" did not even officially "discover" Antarctica until the 1700-1800s! The one map shows Japan but, as above, it does not even look like Japan, and there is no island to the West between China and Japan. Well, yes there "was" an island there, over 12,500 years ago. Take a look at the actual "geology" of the area and, sure enough, when you account for the sea's rise there would have been an island right where the map says. Most of the ancient maps are very accurate, for the world as it was over 12,500 years ago!
Lots more to read and learn.
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Edited: 10/03/2020 at 04:34 AM by dingpatch
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