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Nin Jahouse said: (12) Floods, in the sense of destroying entire civilizations, could have been as many as a dozen. No significant traces of them have survived because each one washed away and dissolved sediments from the previous dehydration. They were also not global, only local...

Could water destroy mesopotamian clay tablets? (12) Yes, water can destroy Mesopotamian clay tablets, but it depends on whether they were fired or not. Unfired tablets were deliberately soaked in water to become soft and reusable, but this makes them fragile and prone to slaking into sludge...

How is it possible that the Bible speaks about Nimrod and cities about his kingdom belonging to Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia? (11) - In Genesis 10:10, we get cities from Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia! - The cities of Sumer and Akkad were present at the beginning of Nimrod’s...

Could buildings made of bricks resist for a long time when under water? (10) No, buildings made of bricks would not resist for a long time if submerged in water, as prolonged exposure to water causes deterioration of the mortar and can lead to structural weakening and disintegration, even for...

Information about the flood (11) Is there always geological evidence of any natural catastrophe mentioned by human texts occurring after BCE? No, there isn't always geological evidence for every natural catastrophe mentioned in human texts, especially for smaller, more localized, or very...

Information about the flood (10) Could the weather before the flood according to the Bible modify completely datation of human history? A biblical, global flood would radically modify human history datation by creating a catastrophic, global discontinuity, but there is no geological evidence...

Information about the flood (9) Have any scientists taken into account the weather before the flood according to the Bible? Yes, some creationist scientists have considered pre-flood weather, notably through the vapor canopy theory which proposes a water vapor layer created a greenhouse...

Information about the flood (8) What was the weather before the flood according to the Bible? According to Genesis, the weather before Noah's flood was likely without rain, with the earth watered by a mist and underground springs instead. The world may have had a uniformly warm, temperate...

Information about the flood (7) What does archeology say about floods around the world through human history? Archaeology indicates that while no single global flood occurred, many large-scale regional floods throughout human history, like the Black Sea flood around 7,500 years ago, provided...

Information about the flood (6) The flood according to the Epic of Gilgamesh and the book of Genesis: how long does the rain last, when does the water start to go down and when does the water go back to normal? In the Genesis account, rain lasts 40 days, the floodwaters prevail for 150...

Information about the flood (5) What are the differences between the boats built for the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the book of Genesis? The boats differ primarily in shape and dimensions: the Genesis Ark is a rectangular, seaworthy vessel (300 x 50 x 30 cubits), while the...

Information about the flood (4) What are the dimensions of the boat built for the flood in the book of Genesis? The Ark built for the flood in the Book of Genesis was specified by God to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. Using an approximate cubit of 18 inches, this...

Information about the flood (3) What are the dimensions of the boat built for the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh? The boat built by Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh was a cube-shaped vessel, with each side measuring 120 cubits in length, width, and height, equating to approximately 204...

Information about the flood (2) What are the most precise flood myths? The oldest flood myth is the Sumerian Epic of Ziusudra (c. 1600 BC), followed by the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 18th century BC) and the Epic of Atrahasis (c. 1636 BC), which recount stories of floods that...

Rickard Berghorn said: It is not difficult to understand why flood stories exist all over the world, the answer is simply that people have always found fossils of aquatic animals even on the highest mountain peaks. The natural interpretation based on the current state of knowledge was that a...

Information about the flood (1) How many flood myths exist around the world? There are hundreds of flood myths from diverse cultures across the world, with figures ranging from "over 200" to "well over 200" and "more than 270" being cited by different sources. These myths, which often feature...

Nin Jahouse said (6) Here you go. I've corrected the damaged fragment. This is just a small excerpt from a yet-to-be-published scientific paper, which describes, along with simulations, how closely and uniquely linked the evolution of Homo sapiens is with the climatic cycle and ice ages, the...

Nin Jahouse said (5) And from there, it's only a moment to reconstruct the original story of the flood remembered by the proto-Phoenicians. It's most likely that humans settled on the Mediterranean shelf for many generations, and it's also possible that, due to its fertility and lack of cold...

Nin Jahouse said (4) So we have a hypothetical timeframe between 19,000 and 10,000 years ago. Strangely enough, Plato mentions atmospheric phenomena and the flooding of Atlantis at the end of this period. But the most interesting are these atmospheric phenomena – he describes rains lasting many...

Nin Jahouse said (3) 19,000 years ago, ocean levels dropped by 120 meters below today's sea level. Much evidence suggests that the Mediterranean Sea was partially or incompletely drained at that time, as this basin is a river basin. Even during a glacial climate. The Nile Delta may have sunk...