Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire, England, was flooded in January.
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Gareth E. Rees (Elliott and Thompson)
For many people, the most famous story of the Flood is that of Noah and his ark, which was filled with animals two by two. But that’s not all. There are more than 2,000 myths about the flood in cultures around the world, from stories about the lost city of Atlantis to epic poems. mahabharata From the legend of Cantrell Gwerrod, a submerged kingdom in India and western Wales.
“The floods remain deep in our cultural memory,” writes Gareth E. Rees…
Source: www.newscientist.com
