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Mega wave hit Oman's coast 4,500 years ago
Times of Oman ^ | November 03, 2014 | Sarah MacDonald

Posted on 11/06/2014 5:01:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Geologists from GUtech, in cooperation with archeologists from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, have dug up evidence of a tsunami or severe storm that hit Ras Al Hadd about 4,500 years ago...

The fact that there were two settlement phases, the first of which was marked by buildings made of sand brick, and the second by mud brick, suggests the village was destroyed at one point and rebuilt.

The remains date back to between 3,100 and 2,700 BC, and the evidence suggests they were built one after the other, meaning the people didn't leave the area despite having their homes heavily damaged by cyclone or tsunami.

The geologists looked at the land around the settlement where they also found evidence of flooding. There was charcoal in one of the layers of sediment, and shells with both halves still joined, untouched by humans...

The presence of the shells with both halves still joined suggests they hadn't been eaten or used for any other purposed. Instead, they had been washed onto the shore by a wave and died on land.

Extreme event

The evidence isn't strong enough to determine whether the flooding in Ras Al Hadd 4,500 years back was from a tsunami or cyclone, like Gonu or Phet which hit Oman in recent years, or Nilofar, which came close to the coast last week, but there is no doubt the event was extreme.

To find out more precisely what kind of event it was, Dr Hoffmann says international collaboration with Pakistan and India would be required, since a tsunami that hit Oman would also have hit their coasts, leaving evidence there, too.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofoman.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2700bc; catastrophism; cyclone; godsgravesglyphs; india; mikebaillie; oman; pakistan; tsunami; tsunamis; velikovsky
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Studies on the impact of tsunamis and earthquakes on the coasts of Oman have identified signs of flood that took place in Ras Al Hadd about 4,500 years ago. Photos courtesy - Dr Goesta Hoffmann

Photos courtesy - Dr Goesta Hoffmann

1 posted on 11/06/2014 5:01:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Approximately 1500 BC...

2 posted on 11/06/2014 5:02:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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3 posted on 11/06/2014 5:02:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv
So we DON'T need to send bottled water and blankets?

/johnny

4 posted on 11/06/2014 5:03:02 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: SunkenCiv

And the big question is “How were minorities, women and children most affected adversely?”


5 posted on 11/06/2014 5:03:42 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: SunkenCiv
Geologists from GUtech, in cooperation with archeologists from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, have dug up evidence of a tsunami or severe storm that hit Ras Al Hadd about 4,500 years ago...

Did global warming cause it?

6 posted on 11/06/2014 5:04:55 PM PST by Mark17 (MAs & PAs: Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps-don't you work as hard as you play)
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To: SunkenCiv
Mega wave hit Oman's coast 4,500 years ago

REPARATIONS DEMANDED!

7 posted on 11/06/2014 5:05:35 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: Mark17
Did global warming cause it?

Of course it did. How can you ask?

8 posted on 11/06/2014 5:07:28 PM PST by Ken H
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To: SunkenCiv

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


9 posted on 11/06/2014 5:12:23 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (OK. Now How many votes do we need to IMPEACH and REMOVE the bastard?)
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To: Ken H
Of course it did. How can you ask?

I don't know. I must have gone temporarily insane. I should have known globull warming was the cause. I will try to keep my sanity from now on.

:-)

10 posted on 11/06/2014 5:13:50 PM PST by Mark17 (MAs & PAs: Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps-don't you work as hard as you play)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
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!!
11 posted on 11/06/2014 5:16:46 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The oft-cited date of the OT Great Flood is 2200 BC. There remains zero evidence that it ever took place.


12 posted on 11/06/2014 5:17:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

Dang! 45 centuries too early!


13 posted on 11/06/2014 5:17:53 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: SunkenCiv

I need glasses. I read “mega wave hit Obama”.


14 posted on 11/06/2014 5:18:08 PM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Pretty much dead on.


15 posted on 11/06/2014 5:19:31 PM PST by dangus
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s a little late to be reporting on it now, isn’t it?


16 posted on 11/06/2014 5:24:04 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The oft-cited date of the OT Great Flood is 2200 BC. There remains zero evidence that it ever took place.

SunkenCiv, I've not know you as one to be facetious. But you are joshing us with your second sentence, right?
17 posted on 11/06/2014 5:24:13 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

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.


18 posted on 11/06/2014 5:24:57 PM PST by dangus
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ve been to Oman......on a secret base called SEEB. Back in when the war kicked off.


19 posted on 11/06/2014 5:30:05 PM PST by marmar ((Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs..RED, WHITE, & BLUE. RETIRED USAF))
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought the Great Flood was the Black Sea Deluge (ca. 5600 BC)?


20 posted on 11/06/2014 5:32:53 PM PST by oblomov
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