[blam]

"The thing that brought this to mind is a thread that Blam posted years ago about a meteor crater discovered in Iraq dated to about this period."

This?

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

[Little Bill]

Thanx Blam, that is the one.

[Fred Nerks]

Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-04-2001 | Robert Matthews

Posted on Friday, January 04, 2002 5:50:09 PM by blam

Meteor clue to end of Middle East civilisations

By Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent
(Filed: 04/11/2001)

SCIENTISTS have found the first evidence that a devastating meteor impact in the Middle East might have triggered the mysterious collapse of civilisations more than 4,000 years ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/601395/posts

[Fred Nerks]

With reference to obscured craters in aluvial plains: A few years back, in one of Saddam Hussien's public works projects, a swampy area in southern Iraq was drained. In so doing, what appears to be a submerged meteorite crater was found that is thought to date to about 2350 BC. It is being hypothesized that the meteorite impact may have caused the demise of some early bronze age (historical) civilizations. See the Cambridge Conference Network Summary. [Added 07 Dec 2005.]

The author of this webpage used Google Earth to search for the exposed crater (Umm al Binni Lake) which, according to one source, is at 31 08 58 North 47 04 44 East, but he was unable to discern its presence. It's reported to be about 45 miles south of Al'Amarah, Iraq, and 10 miles northwest of the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Google Earth coordinates of Umm al Binni Lake are 31 14 26.5 North, 47 06 16 East. The lake is 28 miles (45 km) northwest of the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and 42 miles (67 km) south (about 190 degrees CW from north) of Al'Amarah. See Master and Woldai (2004) (6) [Added 04 Jul 2008.]

GoogleEarth satellite image of Umm al Binni Lake in southern Iraq The ruler line represents a distance of two miles. * * *

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Looks like they are trying to tell us it's not there, but I can still see it in the black and white image. Seems Umm al Binni Lake was created AFTER the original image was taken. It's NOT in the same location.