To: blam
The site, some 350 meters from the modern coastline, But, I thought the ocean was rising.
To: T. P. Pole
"But, I thought the ocean was rising." Silting?
Ur was a seaside town when Abraham lived there. Today, it's almost 100 miles inland.
5 posted on
04/28/2005 4:41:39 PM PDT by
blam
To: T. P. Pole; blam
Herculaneum was a seaside town, until Vesuvius happened. ;-)
12 posted on
04/29/2005 7:16:11 AM PDT by
Pyro7480
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