Yanko-Hombach, Valentyna V.Gilbert, Allan S.Dolukhanov, Pavel M.Янко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктовнаЯнко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктівнаГілберт, Аллан. С.Гилберт, Аллан. С.Долуханов, Павел МарковичДолуханов, Павло Маркович2018-11-162018-11-162007Quaternary Internationalhttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/19546Legends describing a Great Flood are found in the narratives of several world religions, and the biblical account of Noah’s Flood is the surviving heir to several versions of the ancient Mesopotamian Flood Myth. Recently, the story of the biblical deluge was connected to the Black Sea, together with the suggestion that the story’s pre-Mesopotamian origins might be found in the Pontic basin [Ryan, W.B.F., Pitman, III, W.C., 1998. Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event That Changed History. Simon and Schuster, New York]. Based on the significance of this flood epic in the Judeo-Christian tradition, popular interest surged following publication of the idea.enBlack SeapaleontologicalarchaeologicalgeologicalArticle