rise of sea level, but a really big flood, and people were living there. the theory goes, this was once an isolated, fresh water lake, but then, when the mediterranean swelled at some magic moment, it broke through, and flood eed th place violently. what did noah, or people living there, what did they see? probably a bad day. and a lot of real estate, 150,000 square kilometers of land went under. and 400 feet below the surface, ballard believes he s found proof of that catastrophic event. i love it. i love it, i love it, i love it, i love it. they unearthed an ancient shoreline. we dated it about 5,000 b.c. and that is about the time the bible says it happened. wow. wow.