Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-04-2001 | Robert Matthews

[blam]

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

[blam]

FYI.

[Orion78]

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[XBob]

very interesting. thanks blam.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very interesting!

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[d4now]

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[philman_36]

Isn't it funny that Gilgamesh is mentioned yet Noah isn't?
No sense in giving credence to Christian beliefs in our politically correct "society" is there?

[d4now]

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.

Wow. Brings to mind the world wide "flood" stories.

[Tall_Texan]

Oh, Darn!

I thought this would be about a NEW meteor to wipe out the region without us needing to do it our way. Nature's daisy cutter! No more Iran, No more Iraq, No more Saudis, No more Yemenis! The War on Terror would be O-V-E-R and just in time for a nap!

You've REALLY disappointed me...

[brat]

Interesting. Thanks blam.

[Frances_Marion]

"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."

Would explain the similar flood myths in pre-Colombian culture that coincide with the more reknowned biblical floods of Noah and the bible...

[ALASKA]

Unfortunately, I bet meteors are like lightening, they never strike twice in the same place.

[Hagrid]

Noah is relatively undated, compared to Gilgamesh.

[JudyB1938]

I liked this article so much, I sent it to my son. :0)

Happy New Year, Blam! Hope it's your best year ever.

[nopardons]

Very interesting read !

[Dominic Harr]

Just one guy's wild guess:

I think the 'estimates' of the timeframe are pure guesswork calculated to get a headline. It's likely the impact crater is much eariler.

As far as I know, there is no way to get a close estimate an impact site's age simply from a photograph. As far as I know, the only sign you can possibly key on is the 'look' of the edges, and guess at how much erosion has taken place. This wouldn't allow a guess to be anywhere near this accurate, unless I'm completely mistaken.

You can tell 'young' craters from 'old' craters. But you can't even guess within a few thousand years how old they may be.

I think it rather likely that the area-wide 'apocalypse' around 2300bce, the event that ended these civs, was actually the eruption/explosion of Thera.

And I think it's pretty likely that the 'Atlantis' story refers to this event. And the 'Moses' bit about the plagues of Egypt. And the Odysey.

Of course, that's just a wild guess.

[blam]

"I think it rather likely that the area-wide 'apocalypse' around 2300bce, the event that ended these civs, was actually the eruption/explosion of Thera."

The Thera/Akatori/Santorini explosion has been dated to 1628 BC. (tree rings/ice core/other) Some, including myself, think this is/was the Exodus period.

[Dominic Harr]

The Thera/Akatori/Santorini explosion has been dated to 1628 BC. (tree rings/ice core/other).

I've seen dates ranging from 2300 to 1500 also.

But I believe all these dates are subject to the same 'guesswork', and that the odds are that they still all relate to the same group of events.

I would also agree that the Thera event is almost certainly linked to the exodus story.

[blam]

"Happy New Year, Blam! Hope it's your best year ever."

Happy New Year to you too. (I'm afraid my best years are behind me, lol)

[Straight Vermonter]

Even in fairly modern times comets or meteors have caused catastrophy such as the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo WI, and Michigan, in 1871. These fires killed an estimated 650 people all together. The comet theory is just that, a theory, but eye witness acounts from Peshtigo indicate an airbust of a comet as the likely culprit.