Chuck

or if that's just apocryphal.

But supposedly on a lunch break, went to a museum, was reading cuneiform, and came across a story of the Epic of Gilgamesh and read this, quote, "'Build a boat.'"

Abandon wealth and seek survival.

Spurn poverty, save life.

Take on board all living things, seed, animals.

The boat you will build, her dimension shall be equal.

Her length and breadth shall be the same.

It doesn't say anything about cubits, but it's inferred.

Cover her with a roof like the ocean below, and he will send you a rain of plenty.

And George Smith said, hey, this is strikingly familiar as the Christian-slash-Jewish Old Testament Noah's flood story, but this is several hundred years previous.

And for what reason?

What do you mean?

Well, I mean, wasn't this one of the ones where, like, earth is being punished, basically?

I think noisy and wicked are the same thing back then.

There was also the idea of saving animals.

And there was also the idea that afterward birds were sent out to find dry land just as in Noah's story.

Yeah.

Yeah, and over the years, a lot of people have tried to prove, whether scientifically or otherwise, that the Noah's Flood really did take place.

Bible literalists, is that what we call them?

I think so.