KYLE | 2007-08-24
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U.S. explorers said on Wednesday they have found signs of human habitation hundreds of feet below the Black Sea where a catastrophic flood occurred about 7,500 years ago, which some scientists say is linked to the biblical story of Noah.
Explorer Robert Ballard, famous for discovering the wreck of the Titanic, said his National Geographic expedition found a "rectangular structure," possibly that of a building, about 310 feet below the sea's surface, indicating people lived there before a massive flood inundated the area.
"It's architecture and artifacts were of the Neolithic bronze age, which is from about 7,000 years ago," said Ballard. The team's chief archeologist, Fredrik Hiebert, described the finding as the "Pompeii of landscapes" and said it was typical of the wattle and daub homes seen on land.
"This is a major discovery that will begin to rewrite the history of cultures in this key area between Europe, Asia and the ancient Middle East," said Hiebert, an archeologist from the University of Pennsylvania.