Re: Adam never met Eve

From: Steve Krogh (panterragroup@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 16:04:51 EST

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    > Shuruppak was excavated and a clay layer was found and dated by
    > archaeologists at about 2900 BC. After the king lists end with either
    > Ubartutu
    > or Ziusudra they say: "Then the flood swept thereover. After the flood
    swept
    > thereover, kingship was restored in Kish."
    >
    > Langdon and Watelin excavated Kish in 1928-29. They dated the bottom
    layer
    > which amounted to about one foot in thickness to 3300 BC. The thickest
    layer
    > at Kish was at a higher level, and assigned a similar date to a thinner
    layer
    > found at Ur - 2700 BC.
    >
    > Nimrod was king in Erech, the Sumerian Uruk. Uruk was excavated, and a
    clay
    > layer there was also dated between 2900 and 2800 BC. A clay layer was
    found
    > at Lagash dated to 2900 BC.
    >

    Wouldn't these clay layers indicate a very low energy depositional
    environment?

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