Originally Posted by RED DAVE

From praxeus:You never claimed, nor have I said you did.]

Originally Posted by Gracchus

I believe that the existence of continuous civilizations in China, Mesopotamia, Egypt, et al.

Originally Posted by spin

Pssst, don't tell anyone but the sphynx was was constructed from a local outcrop at the time of Chephren and not unstrangely it had the face of Chephren. Much of the finer detail has been eroded and it has been restored a few times, most famously by Tuthmoses IV.

spin

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

Guess you aren't aware of the strong possibility that the Sphynx was originally carved as a lion, and 1000s of years later, the head was reformed to appear as man. They decided this because it's disproportionatly small, when compared to the body

Originally Posted by RED DAVE

True.

And in the spirit of GilgameshEnkidu's name, and while we're waiting for praxeus to respond to the questions put to him, here's a link to the text of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," the earliest Middle Eastern version of the Flood story. The Flood appears on tablet XI.

http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/...ian/gilgamesh/

RED DAVE

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

Okay, I guess I would have to begin with the easiest
item to produce reasonable evidence. The idea of many
cultures, with a similar story of a universal flood.
Remember that I cannot date it, as some others try
to do. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened a
million years ago. So don't assume any dates when
looking at other accounts. Needless to say, if you
already have decided it never happened, then no
evidence of any kind will convince you otherwise.

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

I'm aware of the Black Sea creation theory, which has
pretty solid support. If you use the idea that localized
equals or becomes world wide, then there should also be
accounts of a world wide fire, which burned everything,
or volcano which wiped out the earth, or pestilence, or
earthquake, or wind etc.

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

I was wondering just where there is a website
that could confirm contiguous Egyptian
civilizations from perhaps (9200 BC) to
around (2000 BC). After all, when the
archaologists examine sites, it's not like
they are looking for something like a
civilization time gap. Just what would this
look like? If water rose up, and removed only
carbon cycle life, how would one determine this
thousands of years later through archaological
investigations? Water, (less than a year's
worth), would probably leave most structures in
that particular region in tact. It also wouldn't
bother anything that didn't float. So then a
couple hundred years later, everything's totally
dry, and somebody stumbles on to a bunch of hewn
stones, temples? and whatever else was once there,
tells all his buddies, and they all move to that
spot, and pick it up from where it left off. They
may have some hardened mud removal chores, roof
restorations etc. Then 5000 years later, a group
of archaologists come along, check it out, and
say, "guess there aint no "time gap" here, let's
check the next site". So just what are we looking
for in a time gap?

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

Okay, thanks for taking the time to explain that. The only
thing I'd question right off hand is the salinity of the
water. I think it would be slight, because the amount of
water depicted is MUCH greater than the oceans. The
Sphynx body, (perhaps not the head), is thought to have
been carved out of limestone about 10,000 BC. It does
show water erosion, but the type associated with rain,
not the etching your talking about. I would think if it can
survive that long without dissolving, the limestone there
is tougher than you're making it out to be.

Originally Posted by Sven

Floods are not normal? Do you ever watch the news? Does "New Orleans" ring a bell?