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Beneath 5,000-year-old Sumerian ruins lies a thick clay band — a telltale trace of a prehistoric deluge. But the real shock? Artifacts buried below suggest an older, advanced culture was wiped clean.
Excavations at Tell Fara uncovered not just ruins but a timeline twist. Beneath known Sumerian layers, archaeologists found polychrome jars and proto-tablets — relics from a society lost to flood and time.
Researcher Matt LaCroix claims a cataclysm 20,000 years ago drowned early civilizations across the globe. His cross-analysis of geology and myth paints a haunting picture: history didn’t begin at Sumer.
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Similar flood layers found at Ur, Kish, Harappa, and along the Nile suggest this wasn’t a local event. Sediment doesn’t lie — and what it’s saying could challenge every schoolbook timeline we know.
Below the flood line, bowls and tablets reflect craftsmanship not expected from Upper Paleolithic cultures. For archaeologist Erick Schmidt, it’s an “absolute culture break” — like history hit a hard reset.
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From Mesopotamia to Peru, flood myths span continents. LaCroix suggests these aren’t allegories — they’re ancient eyewitness accounts of a disaster that nearly erased the human story.
Striking similarities in ancient symbols across Sumer, Egypt, and the Indus Valley hint at more than trade. Were early cultures linked by a now-lost global network, obliterated in one watery sweep?
Some scholars dismiss the flood civilization theory as speculative. But the alignment of sediment, symbols, and stories is gaining traction. At the very least, it demands deeper digging — literally.
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If LaCroix is right, we’ve only been looking at chapter two of humanity’s saga. Beneath Tell Fara and other sites may lie the remains of “Civilization Zero” — and its ghost is just beginning to speak.