There has always been speculation on whether or not the flood depicted in the
Bible really ocurred, or if it wasn't just a fairy tale. Critics use the circular
logic that because the Sumerians, the people that lived in Ur when Abraham left
it in 2100 B.C., wrote the Epic of Gilgamish, which mimics the story of Noah,
it must just be a story. Almost all cultures in this area have a "flood"
legend, making reality probably somewhere in the middle. The flood of Noah's
time did not happen all over the world that we know, but it did happen
all over the world that Noah knew. Realizing that puts the flood in a
very different context.
C. Leonard Woolley excavated the ancient city of Ur in the 1930's.
He found 8 feet of sand separating debris of civilization. He dug in several
areas around the city, finding the same bed of sand at the same depth. The sand
was part of a huge flood deposit, probably from the Euphrates and the Tigris
flooding at the same time. This was concrete proof that the Flood, or what
geologists call The Great Deluge, actually occurred. The time frame for the
flood is calculated to be between 4000 B.C. and 3500 B.C.
(C.Leonard Woolley, Ur of the Chaldees)
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