1.0College News & Mediahttps://www.ramapo.edu/newsSystem Administratorhttps://www.ramapo.edu/news/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tSmq3zyYB4"><a href="https://www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/12_13_2005/">Ramapo College Professor Ira Spar Discovers New Fragment of the Babylonian Flood Story</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/12_13_2005/embed/#?secret=tSmq3zyYB4" width="600" height="338" title="“Ramapo College Professor Ira Spar Discovers New Fragment of the Babylonian Flood Story” — College News & Media" data-secret="tSmq3zyYB4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ramapo.edu/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.ramapo.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2013/05/7434-3-906x1024.jpg9061024(Mahwah)- Several years ago, Dr. Ira Spar, professor of ancient history at Ramapo College of New Jersey and research Assyriologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was working in the Museum basement cataloging cuneiform tablets when he noticed a small 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch clay fragment with the word flood” inscribed in Babylonian […]