Was a sudden, massive overflowing of the Black Sea more than 7,500 years ago the biblical flood of Noah?

Biblical scholars believe that the Book of Genesis and the story of Noah’s flood were written about 2,500 to 2,900 years ago, nearly five millenniums after the Black Sea flood.

Their estimates mean that the magnitude of the Black Sea flood was 5 or 10m but not 50 to 60m. The breach of the Bosporus sill connected the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and the world ocean.

* Photos: Anadolu Agency (AA) Click to read the article in Turkish / Kurdish. Heavy rainfall has led to floods in Turkey's Western Black Sea region. According to a statement released by the Interior ...

As for the coming flood (sea levels across the globe continue to climb), the Black Sea won’t turn fresh any time soon, Fleitmann says. “The Black Sea will remain a brackish sea.” ...

Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey's Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll rose to 31 in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.

Their estimates mean that the magnitude of the Black Sea flood was 5 or 10m but not 50 to 60m. The breach of the Bosporus sill connected the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and the world ocean.

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