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Meteor May Have Wiped Out Middle East Civilization

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-nugget-of-thought dept.

GFD writes "The Telegraph has a story about how a recently discovered impact crater in Iraq could have wiped out several civilizations that 'collapsed mysteriously' about 4000 years ago. This is the first find, AFAIK, of a meteor impact affecting human civilization directly. Very thought provoking."

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  1. Re:The only question that remains by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Funny
    did it hit Sodom or Gomorrah?

    Gomorrah. That's why sodomy still exists - I don't even want to think what Gomorramy was.

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