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Before the Flood: Dramatic New Evidence That the Biblical Flood Was a Real-life Event

Before the Flood: Dramatic New Evidence That the Biblical Flood Was a Real-life Event

by IanWilson (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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For centuries in the Near East archaeological evidence has been turning up of a major flood in the area's ancient history. In 1995, two marine biologists put forward evidence that showed that until almost 7500 years ago the Black Sea was a freshwater lake separated from the Mediterranean by a small strip of land where Istanbul now stands. Their theory suggested that around 5600 BC the Mediterranean broke through the land barrier and salt water poured through with a force 200 times that of Niagara Falls, inundating the Black Sea and raising its level by over 300 feet. In September 2000, marine archaeologist Robert Ballard discovered the wooden remains of houses 300 feet below the surface of the Black Sea, 12 miles north of the present-day Turkish coast. Building on this evidence Ian Wilson puts forward the hypothesis that this catastrophic inundation - the Biblical Flood - drowned tens of thousands of people and precipitated an exodus of people to Egypt and Mesopotamia, who formed the precursors of these great civilisations.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0752848119
ISBN 13: 9780752848112
Book Overview: The hottest archaeological topic at the moment - includes sensational new evidence 'Impressive and dispassionate scholarship ... There is also a sure touch in making palatable for a general audience the results of ground-breaking academic research' INDEPENDENT Ian Wilson is the bestselling and award-winning author of THE TURIN SHROUD His previous paperback, THE BLOOD AND THE SHROUD, reprinted twice within a month of publication It also received widespread critical acclaim: 'Wilson has been able to demonstrate that the earliest references to the Shroud are in documents dating well before 1260. This does not show it is authentic ... but it does indicate that the carbon dating may be faulty' DAILY MAIL 'The breadth and imagination of Wilson's research impress' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Author Bio
Ian Wilson was born in London in 1941 and educated at Emanuel School, Wandsworth, and Magdalene College, Oxford, where he graduated in History in 1963. His previous books include The Turin Shroud, which became a worldwide bestseller when published in 1978 and Jesus: The Evidence (1984), a companion to the major three-part TV series of the same name and another bestseller. The Blood and the Shroud was published in 1998. His biography of Shakespeare, Shakespeare: The Evidence was published in 1993 and The Bible is History in 1999. All of his books have attracted critical acclaim.