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Originally Posted by TriangleMan
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(such as Herodotus asserting that the Nile's annual flood could not have come from melting snow from the south (which it does) because it was too hot in the south for snow to fall).
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Actually the flooding of the Nile is primarily due to the rainy season on the Ethiopian Plateau, which then flows into the Blue Nile. It is not due to melting snow. |
I'm thinking Black Sea myself--or seeing the big Med spill over the pillars. I can't imagine what that would have looked like. That's enough to mark one's collective unconscious if anything could do so.
I think a lot of people thought the ancients didn't have good sense.
That doesn't mean they saw a flying dragon in mid-air--but it doesn't mean they were just making it up either.
Most likely a fireball.