When we think of the biblical folly, it’s Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting that first comes to mind – but artists and writers are still reimagining it today, writes Will Wiles
Before the Persian Gulf existed, when the last ice age caused the ocean level to drop 90 meters (295 ft) below our current sea level, “100,000 km (62137 miles) of land in this part of the world was ex