According to The Urantia Book, “violent” volcanic activity at the juncture of three tectonic plates situated in the eastern Mediterannean near present-day Cyprus, combined with a massive tectonic shift further to the west near present-day Sicily, caused a massive flood of ocean water into the Mediterannean basin incoming from the west, thereby rising the sea level of this inland ocean. If true, this event—which is depicted here in an animation by Panikos Christophorou—may be related to the so-called Great Flood that is referred to in many ancient myths. As stated in the Urantia text: “. . . in connection with the violent activity of the surrounding volcanoes and the submergence of the Sicilian land bridge to Africa, the eastern floor of the Mediterranean Sea sank, carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula.” (73.7.1)
