Myths, some believed to be true and many not, have always been part of our lives. However, if you examine different myths from different cultures, you may find that some parts of two different myths can be eerily similar to each other, leading one to speculate whether they came into contact with each other long ago in history. This has led to the question that people are constantly trying to prove: Do myths that have overlapping ideas verify actual historical truths and similar culture between the origins of the myths? Almost all world myths have a particular section on the “Great Flood.” It was universal, indicating that at some point in their lives, all cultures experienced a flood that nearly wiped out their civilization. However, many of the flood myths of different cultures take on different characteristics in the time period, the area in which they occurred, the heroes, and the story itself. But, surprisingly, the flood myths in the Bible and Gilgamesh are almost similar, except for slight differences in the names of the heroes, the shapes of the arks, and the story itself. Aside from a few small story details, though, everything else is very parallel to each other. Noah's Flood in the Bible begins with God, who was grieved by the wickedness of men, deciding to wipe humanity from the face of the earth. However, he spares Noah because he has found favor in the eyes of God. God tells Noah how he should prepare to survive the flood that God will soon cause in the following quote: Then make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms for it and smear it with pitch inside and out. Here is how you will build it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. Build a roof and finish the ark within 18 inches of the t...... middle of paper...... Flood/Black Sea Expedition. Accessed December 16, 2013. http://www.nationalgeographic.com /blacksea/ax/frame.html.--- "Noah's Flood in Context: Legend or History?" Schauffler Library School NMH. 2002. Accessed December 16, 2013. http://streaming.factsonfile.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=30092.--- "PREHISTORIC MEGASTORMES - MEGA TSUNAMI". YouTube. March 26, 2012. Accessed December 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxe0CNAPHJU.--- "PREHISTORIC MEGASTORME - NOAH'S GREAT FLOOD." YouTube. February 2, 2012. Accessed December 16, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPaMGjnCvU.Roller, Timo. "Noah Berg." At the landing site of the Ark. Accessed December 16, 2013. http://www.cudi.info/html/02-noahs-ark-1a.html.--- "Sumerians." British Museum -. Accessed 13 December 2013. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/middle_east/sumerians.aspx.