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🇹🇷 Turkey

🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder

Black Sea Deluge Atlantis – Ryan–Pitman Noah–Atlantis Flood Hypothesis

Claimed 5600 BCE flood (gradual 9000–7000) · Neolithic / Oceanography

Ryan–Pitman 5600 BCE catastrophic Black Sea flood claimed Atlantis — cores show gradual 9000–7000