In the movie "2012" - for reasons unclear to me - the White House is hit not only by a gigantic ocean wave but by a gigantic ocean wave carying a US-Navy aircraft carrier. The movie is from 2009. USA; 21. Century; Christian; Film; City: Washington
This swimming building in an artificial lake in Saxonia, combines the commemoration of two sunken citites: The shape of the dome resembles the church of Magdeborn, a former town that was evicted in the 1970s and the area was later flooded by the lake. The name however...
Vishnu, disguised as the fish Matsya, saves Manu from the flood. When the flood begins, Manu boards the boat and then prays to the fish Matsya for assistance. The fish then appears and ties the boat to a horn that has grown on its head. It uses the serpent Vasuki as...
Stories often mention that the behaviour of animals announces approaching floods. This is an exceprt from a text by the Roman writer and natural scientist Claudius Aelianus (c. 175 – c. 235 AD) about the flood that submerged Helice (nothern Pelepones, Greece). “Fünf...
A map of the Swedish state survey of Pomerania, the first comprehensive cadastre of a German territory, shows how much the sunken city in the sea fascinated the contemporaries. Towards the end of the 17th century, Swedish land surveyors had mapped and described...
This is an idol of the Slav goddess Morana. In the folktale as penned by Stepan Gedeonow, the godess takes revenge on the people of Rethra by flooding the tempel and city. The reason for the demise and the geographical position of Rethra are not scientifically...
A. C. 1300 am Tage Marcelli Pontificis (ist der 16. Jan.) hat sich die Westsee durch Sturmwinde erhoben, und das Wasser vier Ellen über die höchsten Deiche geführet, Städte und Dörfer umgekehret, und den Flecken Rungholt neben sieben Kirchspielkirchen in Edomsharde...
Since 2017 there is a "life size" Ark in Kentucky, USA: https://arkencounter.com/ USA; 21. Century; Christian; Sculpture, Theme Park
The painting (circa 1585) depicts the blue-skinned Krishna, an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu, enthroned on a golden palace and surrounded by his kinsmen in the Golden City Dwarka. The mythical city Dwarka, also known as Dvārakā or Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका...
Painting from 1884 depicting the flight of the king from the sinking city of Ys. France; 19. Century; Chistian; Painting; City: Ys
