The great Flood: the story from the Bible

The  'flood tablet' from 

the Epic of Gilhameš (British Museum)

The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in the twenty-eighth century BCE) can not be excluded.

Introduction

The famous story about the Great Flood is best known from the Bible (Genesis 6-9). It has always been known that there were similar stories from Greece and Rome (like the ones by Apollodorus, Ovid, and Hyginus), but in the nineteenth century, several texts from ancient Iraq were added. The first discovery was Tablet XI of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgameš (in 1872), the second the Sumerian original, now called the Eridu Genesis (1914), and the third the Epic of Atrahasis (1956). It is now clear that the Biblical account stays close to a Babylonian model.

Was the story of Noah's Ark true? Archaeologist who found the Titanic claims Biblical flood DID happen 12,000 years ago

• Acclaimed oceanographer Robert Ballard says he has found evidence
• Claims massive flood happened in Black Sea region around 5600BC
• Waters cascaded down Turkey's Straits of Bospurus and into sea
• It is believed to have started story of Noah, which was then passed on

A flood of Biblical proportions just like in the story of Noah's Ark may have actually happened, according to the oceanographer who found the Titanic.

Acclaimed underwater archaeologist Robert Ballard claims his team of researchers have uncovered evidence that suggests The Great Flood described in the Bible was actually based on real events.

Potopul lui Noe - mit sau realitate

INTRODUCERE

„Domnul a zis lui Noe: ‚Intra in corabie, tu si toata casa ta; caci dupa sapte zile voi face sa ploaua pe pamant patruzeci de zile si patruzeci de nopti; si voi sterge astfel de pe fata pamantului toate fapturile pe care le-am facut.’ Dupa cele sapte zile, au venit apele potopului pe pamant” (Fac. 7, 1-4-10).

Brother of Noah’s Ark hunter finds personal items at his last known campsite

THE brother of a Scot who disappeared in Turkey while looking for Noah’s Ark has found items from his last known campsite.

Derick Mackenzie has just returned from Mount Ararat investigating his brother Donald’s disappearance two years ago.

The 47-year-old, from Stornoway on Lewis, had made several trips to the hazardous region in the hope of finding Noah’s mythical vessel on Mount Ararat.

'Baywatch' beauty Donna D’Errico on searching for Noah's Ark, and leaving her wild past far behind

"Baywatch" beauty Donna D’Errico made news recently when photos of her battered face, injured climbing Mount Ararat in her search for Noah’s Ark, went viral. The 44-year-old blonde was on a quest taking her even further from her past as the ex-wife of Motley Crue wild man Nikki Sixx and the September 1995 Playboy playmate. Today D'Errico is deeply committed to her Catholic faith, a mother of two... and searching for Noah's Ark?

FOX411: OK. How did a former 'Baywatch' gal get interested in Noah’s Ark?

Donna D’Errico: I got interested in the third grade. I went to a private Catholic school and we took a field trip to the local theater because there was a movie being played called ‘In Search of Noah’s Ark.’ When I saw it I was completely fascinated by it. That was the first time it crossed my mind that I want to someday climb Mount Ararat in search of Noah’s Ark.

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The antediluvian world

Although various ancient traditions refer to a lost antediluvian world, the one that stands out is the tradition in the early chapters of Genesis, because of its geographical detail, its monotheism (which has been shown to predate polytheism) and its historical (rather than epic) style of narration. These chapters describe a world very different from our own, either because the world really was different or because a later pre-scientific culture speculated about it in error. So what source of information did they draw upon?