| From dictionary.com, antediluvian has two definitions | | | | believe conspiracies are rampant in Antediluvian |
| that are widely used: the first refers to anything | | | | research, it's an exciting field to study. The over-all |
| occurring pre-biblical Flood, the other simply refers to | | | | picture that has been painted is one of advanced |
| anything antiquated; really, really old. This article will only | | | | civilizations thriving before or during the last ice age; |
| refer to antiquity. | | | | perhaps one global empire or several nations. As the |
| There is a great amount of growing evidence that | | | | waters rose and the cities fell to the tides, the people |
| there were thriving civilizations during and possibly | | | | went inland. As the climate changed, so did the |
| before the last ice age; over 10,000 yrs ago. The vast | | | | landscape, and these advanced cultures fell into a dark |
| majority unfortunately lies approximately fifty miles off | | | | age and diminished. From the disparity of their descent, |
| the continental coastlines all around the world, | | | | they eventually rose again to become the recorded |
| submerged from the melt-off from the last ice age. | | | | history that we currently accept. |
| Archeology has a problem with this. Human civilization | | | | It's a fantastic vision with little evidence to support it, but |
| was only supposed to have begun about 6,000yrs | | | | not beyond the realm of belief. All modern nations |
| ago. The last ice age officially ended about 10,000yrs | | | | came from a dark age. We generally call this period |
| ago. Any realized civilization submerged below the | | | | the medieval ages. With the fall of the Roman Empire; |
| glacial melt-off of that period must then be at least | | | | the entire world descended into bouts of anarchy. |
| 10,000yrs old, not to mention the time it took for that | | | | War, plague, and famine devastated the populations. |
| civilization to emerge before being engulfed by the big | | | | Education was set aside in favor of survival. Much |
| melt. It's not a serious issue at all really; someone just | | | | knowledge was lost in this dark time. With the |
| has to adjust some dates on charts. In spite of the | | | | emergence of the Renaissance, the dark ages |
| simplicity of the fix, mainstream science does not | | | | arguably came to an end. |
| seem to be taking the evidence seriously; instead, | | | | The breadth of time required for such a cycle to |
| leaving the studies to fringe speculators. | | | | complete itself is an issue, of course. Some |
| A lack of scientific interest is understandable though. | | | | speculators suggest that humanity has gone through |
| Undersea archeology is astronomically expensive. And | | | | many such cycles; however anthropology simply has |
| what would be the over-all benefit to science in such | | | | no evidence for this assertion. Conceivably, from here |
| endeavors? An official change of dates and redrawing | | | | on, we could easily endure many more cycles. |
| of charts just doesn't invoke healthy funding | | | | Regardless, for now, evidence of a lost past is at |
| unfortunately. However, local governments and private | | | | hand, submerged below the oceans and seas. |
| enterprises are funding studies in this area; not all is lost. | | | | Everyday day new information can be found of an |
| But it will be slow. There are already disagreements | | | | undersea city or road and even pyramids. In the years |
| whether or not some sites are man-made or natural | | | | to come, in depth research should prove to be quite |
| formations. | | | | illuminating. |
| Regardless of the politics involved or that some people | | | | |