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The story of Noah’s flood will never go out of fashion

Most cultures have a universal flood myth, and the idea of a cataclysmic climate event brought on by human wickedness is always bound to resonate

The dove brings back an olive branch to Noah (French School, 15th-century miniature) Bridgeman Images

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