How credible is the Black Sea deluge hypothesis?

I think the physical evidence discovered in the Black Sea makes it pretty clear that a lower-level lake and surrounding valley were inundated by water from the Med via the Bosporus. The geology of the Bosporus also conforms with this hypothesis. read more

I think the physical evidence discovered in the Black Sea makes it pretty clear that a lower-level lake and surrounding valley were inundated by water from the Med via the Bosporus. read more

The Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized catastrophic rise in the level of the Black Sea circa 5600 BCE from waters from the Mediterranean Sea breaching a sill in the Bosphorus strait. The hypothesis was headlined when The New York Times published it in December 1996. It was later published in an academic journal in April 1997. read more

The Black Sea is thought to have been a freshwater lake at the time of the event, and this flooding is believed to have increased both its depth and size. Some secularists claim this Black Sea Deluge eventually inspired the story of Noah. read more