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Geomythology: Can geologists relate ancient stories of great floods to real events?

  • Written by David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
imageCataclysmic natural disasters frame indelible human stories.Francis Danby, The Deluge, CC BY-NC-ND

Modern people have long wondered about ancient stories of great floods. Do they tell of real events in the distant past, or are they myths rooted in imagination? Most familiar to many of us in the West is the biblical story of Noah’s flood. But...

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