[ctdonath2]

Neat - so where's the photo?

[Mr. Bird]

If confirmed, it would indicate an impact equivalent to hundreds of nuclear bombs, causing devastating fires and flooding

I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately....

[LTCJ]

Here's to seeing a series of gaint craters, "coming soon to a city near them..."

[Thinkin' Gal]

FYI

[Fifth Business]

Both the Akkadians, in whose dynasty this event allegedly took place, and the Sumerians, who ruled shortly after the Akkadians, were highly literate. This raises the question, "Where is the written record for this sort of event?"

The demise of the Akkadians is generally attributed to Gutian hordes, while the demise of the Sumerians who followed is attributed to over-irrigation causing excess salinity in the soil.

[crystalk]

I think it very likely that this may be related to the biblical accounts of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Abraham and Lot. Remember that Abraham had been born in, and urged by God to flee from, Ur of the Chaldees which lay very near this impact and would have been devastated by it.

Ussher, of sainted memory, said that the Sodom wipeout occurred in 1898 BC, but scholarship has long been putting this back in time: Sitchin (as I recall) is the latest now at 2023 BC, but I gave the date at 2123 a few months ago, and have since seen evidence the real date may be some 2153/4. Perhaps this crater find will help narrow it down, maybe push our (biblical scholars) dates back, and maybe their (Witwatersrand geologists) date around 2354 is TOO far back and could be brought forward...and thus help confirm the biblical time lines...

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Evidence for Major Impact Events in the late Third Millennium BC
Evidence of Astronomical Aspects of Mankind's Past and Recent Climate Homepage
FR Post 9-4-2 | Timo Niroma
Posted on 09/04/2002 4:48:54 PM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744698/posts

Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations
The Telegraph (UK) | 11-04-2001 | Robert Matthews
Posted on 01/03/2002 10:50:09 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/601395/posts

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