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I wonder if this be related to the biblical flood story:

<quote> on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. </quote> Genesis 7:11

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Many translations do not talk about "windows" but about "floodgates". The authors of the bible were from a culture whose cosmology interpreted the blue sky as an ocean and believed it could be poured on the earth.

Cite?

(Apparently we are of a culture that believes water molecules trapped in certain minerals constitutes an ‘ocean.’)

The "ocean" is in fact solid rock permeated with water. Even under immense pressure, the water only trickles out of this rock.

Genesis is a collection of myths.

Indeed, but there have been many floods in the area. I think a lot of what is saved in writing and stories has some basis in fact. Sometimes I even wonder if tales of trolls (and similar creatures in various cultures) can be Neanderthals etc.

In case you haven't read it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth

Thank you for that. The bit about the flooding of the Persian Gulf is fascinating.

> Genesis is a collection of myths.

Which one is the myth-iest in your opinion?

What ocean are you referring to?

The one in OP's title "Massive ‘ocean’ discovered"

The most interesting theory I read recently is that biblical flood referes to an event that happened 5600 BC, when melting ice from the last little ice age caused water from Medditerrain Sea to flood through Bosfor, significantly increasing the size of Black Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis

There is however a lot of controversy around this theory.

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