Ep. 120 Great Flood: What the Story of Noah's Great Flood Says About Our Collective Human Experience

History Fix

Back this week with one final, somewhat nautical episode to round out the month of June. This week we're talking about the Great Flood of Noah's Ark fame. It's one of the best known bible stories. But did you know, it doesn't end there? Almost every other major culture or religion that we know of has almost the same flood myth. The ancient Babylonians, the Greeks, Hindu, Buddhist, Aztec, Chinese, Norse, Aboriginal Australian, various Native Americans groups, and the list goes on and on. This story is everywhere. But is it just a freakishly common legend, a recurring myth meant to teach a lesson, or did it actually happen? Let’s fix that.

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Sources:

• National Center for Science Education "Yes, Noah's Flood May Have Happened, But Not Over the Whole Earth"
• ABC News "Evidence Noah's Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert Ballard"
• How Stuff Works "The Great Flood: More Than a Myth?"
• The Jerusalem Post "Durupinar Formation radar scans reveal hidden structures associated with Noah's Ark"
• PBS Independent Lens "A Flood of Myths and Stories"
• Wikipedia "Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis"
• Columbia University Record "Noah's Flood: Evidence of Ancient Disaster is Linked to Biblical Legend"
• Mini Museum "Revisiting the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis"
• World History Encyclopedia "First Wave/Earliest Civilizations"

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