[Resettozero]

Forty-five hundred years ago - wasn’t that about the time of the Great Flood?

Something like that. If they examine the land enough, someone may even discover there was worldwide destruction at about the same time. Wouldn't "someone" who discovered this fact become really famous!!

[dangus]

Well, the people in Oman rebuilt quickly, so you’d have to read “the whole world” in the same way it’s used when Luke claims “all the world” participated in the census. But yes.

[MeshugeMikey]

“Wouldn’t “someone” who discovered this fact become really famous!! “

if they were to get the word out from a secure bunker somewhere