Is there any archaeological evidence in support of the global flood described in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

Yup; the presence of marine life fossils at the top of mountains (like sea shells)

Answer 2

No ark has ever been found on Mount Ararrat. What has actually happened is that at various times people have seen pictures that show shadows and then claimed that these were part of a boat. A piece of wood from this wreckage would be strong proof but, not surprisingly, no one has ever found any.

To a casual observer there would be evidence that one could fit into a worldwide flood theory. For example, you could say that the salt in the Great Salt Lake was when the ocean water dried up. You could say that fossil shellfish just south of Richmond IN were left by this flood. You could claim that the Grand Canyon was carved as the waters receded.

The original flood story is about a family on the Euphrates rivers who get washed out into the gulf during a storm at high tide. The later Gilgamesh story still says it rained for 7 days rather than 40.

All through the 17 and 1800's people searched for clues of a worldwide flood but never found any. In fact, there is evidence that the sea used to be lower rather than higher. The Hudson has carved a channel into the rock right off the continental shelf which is now under 200 fett of water.

Answer 3

start up with the Solomonic gates at Meggido, Hazor, and Gezer. The Biblical checklist states that Solomon equipped gates at those 3 cities, and there have been discovered there keeps to be of chambered gates of an identical layout and an identical era discovered at those 3 cities. inspect the recommendations on Joshua's raid on Hazor. The Biblical checklist says that this city became attacked by using the Israelites (like many cities) yet that it became burned with an extreme hearth. This city became curiously the seat of government for this component to Canaan. The ruins nevertheless contain some burned flooring timber, embedded interior the rock partitions of the city. The airborne dirt and dirt brick certainly melted from the intensity of the warmth. broken idols have been discovered with their heads lopped off -- something that must be particularly unusual if the raiders have been polytheistic. there is a lot of evidence, in case you will study it. bear in mind, there have been aspects the place the archeology disagrees with the Bible (and there nevertheless are some), however the archaeology has under no circumstances shown the Biblical checklist to be incorrect. Time and time returned, new evidence or new unearths resolves any conflict, and the Bible is often precise. to represent that there is no evidence for the outdated testomony is to declare that the historic previous of Judaism is a fraud. The Israelites have been between the 1st human beings to place in writing phonetically, they have an suited custom of retaining meticulous information, they have a rich scribal code and custom, and that they are between historic previous's nicely suited historians.

Answer 4

No.

There isn't enough water on or in the earth or the earths atmosphere to raise the sea level by the five miles it would take to cover up mount Everest.

No, there was no ark found in turkey, it was a waste of time and money on the part of an ideologue who searches for the ark on a fairly regular basis. In reality the dimensions of the ark would be impossible to build and keep afloat. Wooden ships start warping and leaking at their seams at roughly half that size, any that were built at 60% or more that size required reinforcement from giant iron bands and still needed constant pumping to keep them afloat.

You can find fossils on mountaintops from when the stone was sediment on the sea floor millions of years ago and which was uplifted through geological forces after the fossils formed. Fossils do not form on mountaintops, freezing and thawing water destroys stone by exerting force on tiny cracks. Fossils can only form in sediment or sedimentary stone whose temperatures never drop below freezing.

Answer 5

Yes. There is evidence that Noah's Ark was found high up on Mount Ararat in Turkey. There was a PBS documentary that covered this.

Answer 6

I personally don't believe in it but they think they have found some stuff from Noah's Ark!!!!