Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-11-2001 | Robert Matthews

[blam]

Slow news day. I liked this article so much, I decided to post it again.

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Disaster The Struck The Ancients

[jwfiv]

Very cool.

I here tell there ae some even more recent craters in Iraq, coincident also with the end of a tyrant's reign.

Very cool.

[andrew1957]

I think it's about time that more large meteors land in a few selected places, to end Middle East Civilization as it exist's today.

[AntiGuv]

Intriguing! Do you have a link to the first posting? I'd like to read over the comments.

[xJones]

I think it's about time that more large meteors land in a few selected places, to end Middle East Civilization as it exist's today.

We would miss the Wahhabis and the Palestinians, but sometimes you can always hope...

[patriciaruth]

Thanks.

[PatrickHenry]

Try this for a change. PING.

[blam]

"Intriguing! Do you have a link to the first posting? I'd like to read over the comments."

Not sure, I'll go look.

[FairOpinion]

"He said that craters recently found in Argentina date from around the same period - suggesting that the Earth may have been hit by a shower of large meteors at about the same time"

Very interesting. These various findings corroborate the event.

[KellyAdmirer]

Ladies and gentlemen, scientists of all persuasions, step right up!

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[RightWhale]

Immanuel Velikovsky presents lots of information in his various popular books about natural causes of the events of the Exodus. While the date of the Exodus is uncertain at best, many of the phenomena listed could be attributed to a bombardment of meteorites. Velikovsky goes on to postulate that the huge deposits of crude oil in the region could have been from a rain of oil coming at the same time and from the same source.

[Migraine]

The catastrophic effect of these could explain the mystery of why so many early cultures went into sudden decline around 2300 BC.

No, it doesn't; do the math. If the civ's went out in 2300 BC because of the 2000 BC meteor, then they "knew it was coming" 300 years in advance and just folded.

On the other hand, the timing is just such (2000 BC) that the flaming debris from the meteor could well fit the description of what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah just about exactly at that time.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

I don't noah, but there's a Lot gomorrah to be said for this than first meets the eye....

[searchandrecovery]

This is hugh! Hello, Sodom Holiday Inn? Could I book a room this weekend? Me and the missus need a weekend alone, maybe tour Gomorrah. Take in the sights. LOVE the food, yes, although a little bit pillar-of-salty, though.

[Judith Anne]

Agreed. Velikovsky had some amazing ideas, far ahead of his time....

[Interesting Times]

Ping.

[blam]

"Intriguing! Do you have a link to the first posting? I'd like to read over the comments."

Yup. Here it is.

[Little Bill]

There is some evidence that the el-'Ubaid culture was inturupted, with a layer of silt and mud seperating the begining and continuation of the culture that developed into Sumeria.

Dosen't quite fit in to this time line though, I wonder if the "Bull From Heaven" is significant.

[Thinkin' Gal]

I think it's about time that more large meteors land in a few selected places, to end Middle East Civilization as it exist's today.

Your tagline space could be put to good use with this one.