Now that was a Flood

flood by Sister72
Ancient Med flood mystery solved:
[Via BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition]

Research reveals details of a catastrophic flood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea more than five million years ago.

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Rises of water by 10 meters a day. That would get someone’s attention. Unfortunately, this happened 5 million years ago, before anything we would call human was on the scene. It would certainly make for a wonderful narrative, as anyone who has read Julian May’s classic Saga of Pliocene Exile knows.

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