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Flood, The
In the Old Testament, the Koran, and The Epic of Gilgamesh (an ancient Sumerian legend), a deluge lasting 40 days and nights, a disaster alleged to have obliterated all humanity except a chosen few (in the Old Testament, the survivors were the family of Noah and the pairs of animals sheltered on his ark).
The story may represent legends of a major local flood; for example, excavations at Ur in Iraq revealed 2.5 m/8 ft of water-laid clay dating from before 4000 BC, over an area of about 645 km/400 mi by 160 km/100 mi.
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