[GreyFriar]

Possible tsunami 8,000 years ago; breaching of natural dam between the Mediterrean Sea and the current Black Sea 6,000 or more years ago.

I wonder if there is a possible link....and this would be nice flood story.

[sine_nomine]

Rehwinkel's The Flood posits a vast number of disasters all hitting at once, causing the Genesis Flood, which was the will of God.

Although Velikovsky can be weird and rationalistic, I appreciate his willingness to view the past as chaotic rather than immutable.

[blam]

"Possible tsunami 8,000 years ago; breaching of natural dam between the Mediterrean Sea and the current Black Sea 6,000 or more years ago."

The Black Sea flood is dated to 7,600 years ago. Maybe?

[rottndog]

That was my first thought as I read the article-Maybe the slide precipitated the Black Sea.

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. That tsunami must have played havoc with the west coast of Greece, but the Genesis (and similar) flood stories speak of a time when rising water wiped out a large part of the human race. Most likely candidate would be the rise of sea level at the end of the last ice age.