Ancient flood legends (Carmel tsunami, Black Sea, Thera) don’t fit the biblical timeline; the Armenian plateau sits ~2000 m above sea level, and the 23rd century BC was actually the driest period recorded, not a flood era.
Flood Myths vs. Driest Century – No Biblical Flood Evidence
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📍 Armenian Plateau
Key facts
- The video discusses several known ancient floods (Carmel Coast tsunami, Black Sea flood, Thera eruption) but none match the biblical timeline.
- Armenian plateau sits ~2000 m above sea level, making a boat‑borne flood implausible.
- Archaeological data indicate the 23rd century BC was the driest recorded period, not a flood era.
Sources
Noah's Not-so-big Flood - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutionwhoi.edu
Noah's Not-so-big Flood. New evidence rebuts controversial theory of Black Sea deluge. By Lonny Lippsett | August 14, 2009.
Evidence for a Flood - Smithsonian Magazinesmithsonianmag.com
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights." This quote from the Book of Genesis is part of a familiar tale — the story of Noah's flood.
Was There a Mythological Flood? - by Tomas Pueyounchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com
Nearly two centuries ago, geologists surveyed the world and found no evidence of a global flood. That doesn't mean that there weren't local floods.
Black Sea deluge hypothesis - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Black Sea deluge is the best known of three hypothetical flood scenarios for the Late Quaternary history of the Black Sea that have been proposed since ...
Flood Legends - Answers in Genesisanswersingenesis.org
Examines the flood accounts in light of secular history, including ancient man's theology, the record of the descendants of the survivors, the various flood ...
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