Epic of Gilgamesh Flood story

•The Epic of Gilgamesh
and the Flood

•Three Different Accounts

•The Epic of Gilgamesh – The story of the flood for Sumerians

•Ovid, The Flood – The story of the flood for the Romans

•The Bible – The story of the flood in Genesis

•China Flood Story

•In China the flood myth had a different emphasis from the legends told in the West. The flooding of the land from time immemorial was seen as a hindrance to agriculture. The floodwaters were made to recede through the labors of a savior-hero named Yu the Great, who successfully dredged the land to provide outlets to the sea for the water. Thus was the great central river valley of China made suitable for agriculture and the development of civilization.

•Noah’s Ark

•Johan Huibers, businessman in Netherlands, builds an exact replica of Noah’s ark

•Mr. Ron Wyatt claims to have found Noah’s Ark in Turkey in a large boat shaped geological discovery (1977)

•In 2010, a team claims they found Noah’s ark 12,000 ft. up on Mt. Ararat