There are some interesting speculations that floods in various parts of the world are the source of fable through vocal history. Actual floods did occur to ancient peoples at the end of the last ice age. The Missoula Flood, the Black Sea inundation are well studied examples.

Even the Great Salt Lake, when it reached its maximum height, it burst through its Great Basin containment north into Idaho and on down the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Quaternary experts estimate it may have been pouring through the breach for a hundred years scouring softer sediments down finally to hard bed rock. Then lake levels stabilized again.

Ocean sediment drill cores in the Mediterranean indicate that the sea may have nearly dried up. Salt evaporite beds were deposited at extremely low levels. With rising sea levels the Atlantic apparently broke through at the straits of Gibraltar, perhaps catastrophically.

The last ice age maximum retreated between 9,000 and 13,000 years ago, before any real written record. But numerous human societies were affected, sometimes catastrophically, sometimes with just rapid change of habitats and resources over a number of generations.

The speculation is amazing as to how many ancient human dwelling sites are now under water. Some have been found, like in the Black Sea.

The thing with the Flood myth, is that it appears in almost all cultures, even to island ones, that were isolated. That was one of his points. If you look at the archeological side, there is evidence of villages in the black sea, as well as a land bridge not tool long ago to England, as well as underwater sites in various parts of the world. One theory I saw said as little as 12K years ago, there was a much lower sea level with a lot of the water locked up at the poles. So much for the global warming crowd.

Indeed, Mr. Von Ward does explore that area intensively and has some interesting interpretations, same for Von Daniken.

Great, they have it on audiobook from Audible. So I can listen to it on the way to work, thanks. Maybe we can start a thread afterward and discuss.

Cool, thanks! I went to his site and he does have an interesting theory, it could explain a lot of things, without alien intervention.

Thanks for the reply, I agree, we need some bright spots in a dim, nasty world. I have like Abdullah and his wife ever since I heard of them in the 70's, he was a fighter pilot with the AF, not a wimpy dude at all. Wish he was a US citizen..run him as a prez.

Indeed so. That is the shame when such sites are obliterated by barbarians who have no reason other than spite to destroy them. Same thing happened in Afghanistan.