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“The Noah figure in this version of the story is named Xisouthros (instead of Zisudra). A god visits him in a dream, warns him that humanity is about to be destroyed in a terrible deluge, and orders him to build a huge boat of the usual dimensions in the usual way. So far this is all very familiar, but then comes a feature not found in the other versions of the tradition. The god tells Xisouthros that he is to gather up a collection of precious tablets inscribed with sacred wisdom and to bury these in a safe place deep underground in 'Sippar, the City of the Sun'. These tablets contained 'all the knowledge that humans had been given by the gods' and Xisouthros was to preserve them so that those men and women who survived the flood would be able to 'relearn all that the gods had previously taught them'.”

Book:Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

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Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock is a British writer known for his research into ancient civilizations and mysterious phenomena. His works delve into the mysteries of human history and culture, including ancient Egypt, the Maya, and Atlantis. more

“Sumerian myths and legends of the antediluvian world do much more than speak of the five cities. They also tell an extraordinary story of how their ancestors, who lived in the 'most ancient times', were visited by a brotherhood of semi-divine beings described as half men, half fish, who had been 'sent [by the gods] to teach the arts of civilization to mankind before the Flood' and who had themselves 'emerged from the sea'. The collective name by which these creatures were known was the 'Seven Sages' and the name of their leader was Oannes. Each of them was paired as a 'counsellor' to an antediluvian king and they were renowned for their wisdom in affairs of state and for their skills as architects, builders and engineers.”

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Book:Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

Source: Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

“If we accept the generally agreed date of between AD 350 and 550 for the end of the -- at least semi-historical -- 'Third Sangam', then this gives us a fixed reference point on which to anchor the chronology of the myth [...]. The date of 9600 BC for the formation of the First Sangam (or 9800 BC or 9400 BC for that matter) coincides closely enough with Plato's date for the inundation of Atlantis -- also 9600 BC -- to raise the hairs on the back of my neck. And the question continues to be this: how could Plato less than 2500 years ago, or Nakirar less than 1500 years ago, have managed by chance to select the epoch of 9600 BC in which to set, on the one hand, the sinking under the waves of the Atlantic Ocean of the great antediluvian civilization of Atlantis and, on the other, the foundation of the First Sangam in Kumari Kandam -- a doomed Indian Ocean landmass that was itself destined to be swallowed by the sea? If Plato and Nakirar were pure 'fabulists' working independently of any real tradition or real events, then isn't it much more likely that they would have chosen different imaginary epochs in which to set their flood stories? Why didn't they choose 20,000 or 30,000 years ago -- or even 300,000 years ago, or three million years ago -- instead of the tenth millennium BC? And was it just luck that this slot turns out to have been in the midst of the meltdown of the last Ice Age -- the only episode of truly global flooding to have hit the earth in the last 125,000 years?”

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Book:Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

Source: Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

“جاءَ طوفان نوحْ. ها همُ الجُبناءُ يفرّون نحو السَّفينهْ. بينما كُنتُ.. كانَ شبابُ المدينةْ يلجمونَ جوادَ المياه الجَمُوحْ ينقلونَ المِياهَ على الكَتفين. ويستبقونَ الزمنْ يبتنونَ سُدود الحجارةِ عَلَّهم يُنقذونَ مِهادَ الصِّبا والحضاره علَّهم يُنقذونَ.. الوطنْ! .. صاحَ بي سيدُ الفُلكِ قبل حُلولِ السَّكينهْ: "انجِ من بلدٍ.. لمْ تعدْ فيهِ روحْ!" قلتُ: طوبى لمن طعِموا خُبزه.. في الزمانِ الحسنْ وأداروا له الظَّهرَ يوم المِحَن! ولنا المجدُ نحنُ الذينَ وقَفْنا (وقد طَمسَ اللهُ أسماءنا!) نتحدى الدَّمارَ.. ونأوي الى جبلٍِ لا يموت (يسمونَه الشَّعب!) نأبي الفرارَ.. ونأبي النُزوحْ!”

Deluge Noah

Author:أمل دنقل

“I hear the soldier’s footsteps right outside From Roman legions that are hunting me— A mother, warrior, Boudica, queen. That swarm of angry hornets aims to sting My skin with fire, piercing me with pain. I will never accept an end like that. Now happily spared the brutality Since you opened up the door to hide me, Anam Cara, you prove to be a friend, To help in my hour of direst need Just as we had previously agreed.”