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FLOOD REGION

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BAGHDAD

BABYLON MESOPOTAMIAN PLAIN
Tigris

Euphrates
UR

PERSIAN
GULF

According to archaeological finds, Nuh’s (as) Flood took place on the Mesopota-
mian plains. The plains had a different shape then. In the above diagram, the cur-
rent borders of the plains are denoted with a red cut line. The large section lying
behind the red line is known to have been a part of the sea at that time.

are on ground level", he let himself down onto the floor of the shaft to sa-
tisfy himself. Woolley’s first thought was "This is it at last". It was sand, pu-
re sand of a kind that could only have been deposited by water.
They decided to dig on and make the shaft deeper. Deeper and deeper
went the spades into the ground: three feet, six feet - still pure mud. Sud-
denly, at ten feet, the layer of mud stopped as abruptly as it had started.
Under this clay deposit of almost ten feet thick, they had struck fresh evi-
dence of human habitation. The appearance and quality of the pottery had
noticeably altered. Here, they were handmade. Metal remains were now-
here to be found. The primitive implement that did emerge was made of
hewn flint. It must belong to the Stone Age!
The Flood - that was the only possible explanation of this great clay depo-

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