THE BEGINNING?!

  From early ages, one of the best-known 

ancient writings was, "The Epic of 

Gilgamesh"; it was written long before the 

Old Testament (the first book of Bible). 

The legendary hero named Gilgamesh 

illustrates the recorded memory of a flood 

in Mesopotamia (Iraq). Written, inscribed 

in seven tablets with the original creation 

story three thousand years before (-3000) 

and similar to the story of the flood in the 

Bible. One of the adventures of Gilgamesh 

concerns his search for his ancestor 

Utnapishtim (Noah), who tells him the 

story of the deluge. Three thousand years 

later, Priests collected together the book 

of Genesis the first six books of the Old 

Testament, by -225 the Old Testament 

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was translated into Greek. 

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  Archaeologically there is an evidence of 

the great flood in Mesopotamia, in the 

early Babylonian source the Epic of 

Gilgamesh and also, in the Old Testament 

too, e.g.: "The fountains of the deep... 

were closed" and "In the six hundred and 

firs year". Memories of a great flood or 

floods are worldwide. 

The archaeological excavations have not 

altered the view that the Universal Deluge 

finally ended around -3400. The Biblical 

event described as "THE BEGINNING", 

is dated at -4004, (4004-601=3D3403) 

so the flood should be dated -3404. 

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