10,000 BC
Catastrophism is a dirty word in archaeology. But despite not being liked, it remains a fact that civilisations have abruptly ended. And the biggest of all catastrophes seems to have occurred ca. 12,000 years ago. New research, however, might argue in favour of Velikovskian – if not Atlantean? – ideas. by Philip Coppens Catastrophism For centuries, the greatest catastrophe known to Western Europeans was the …