Noah's Flood by William Ryan & Walter Pitman

Noah's Flood by William Ryan & Walter Pitman

Dive into the compelling scientific investigation of a catastrophic flood that may have reshaped civilization 7,600 years ago. Using cutting-edge sonar and core samples, geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman uncover evidence suggesting the Black Sea was once a freshwater lake. They propose a radical theory: the Mediterranean Sea breached the Bosporus Valley, triggering a massive inundation that scattered populations and drastically altered the landscape. This event may hold the key to understanding ancient flood myths, including the biblical story of Noah's Ark and the Epic of Gilgamesh. 

Why You’ll Love This Book

Ryan and Pitman approach the biblical flood not as a Sunday school lesson, but as a forensic crime scene. By analyzing saltwater mollusks and submerged shorelines, they argue that around 5600 BC, the rising Mediterranean exploded through the Bosporus with the force of 200 Niagara Falls. This catastrophic event would have permanently drowned over 60,000 square miles of inhabited land in a matter of months. It is a chilling, evidentiary study of "geomythology," proving that many of our most "impossible" legends may be the traumatized oral signatures of real people fleeing a rising tide that never went back down.