| | The '''Great Flood''' refers to the most catastrophic [[flood]] and the most catastrophic geological event that has ever taken place in human history. | | The '''Great Flood''' refers to the most catastrophic [[flood]] and the most catastrophic geological event that has ever taken place in human history. |
| − | Virtually nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from before about 3000 B.C., an approximate date given to the Great Flood.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 60% of Americans accept as truth the Biblical account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref> and most cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. | + | Virtually nothing historical, from writings to civilization to long-living organisms like trees, has survived from before about 3000 or 3300 B.C., approximates date given to the Great Flood.<ref>''See, e.g.'', http://www.ohtm.org/strut99.pdf</ref> Today 60% of Americans accept as truth the Biblical account of the Great Flood,<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040216-113955-2061r.htm</ref> and most cultures record a world-destroying flood in their oral or written histories. |
| | + | The ''Iceman'', an experienced hiker frozen by a surprise, massive ice storm in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago -- when the Great Flood likely occurred.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-last-meal.html</ref> |