The Younger Dryas is the date I come back to most often when I try to place the end of Atlantis and the great floods.
On After the Floods, Bashar, channeled by Darryl Anka, says the Atlanteans spread out before the destruction of Atlantis, about 11,500 years ago, at the beginning of what scientists call the Younger Dryas.
Events leading to the final destruction of Atlantis sets the Taurid impact around 10,800 BCE and the end of the Younger Dryas around 9,600 BCE.
On Floods, Meteor strikes and Mantel shifts I write that I first placed the great flood at the end of the Younger Dryas, around 9600 BCE, and then kept a longer list of dated catastrophes.
On the Genesis page I add a date problem: an impact would mark the start of the Younger Dryas, about 1,200 years before 9600 BCE, so at most it opens the long crisis.
For every page I tagged with Younger Dryas, see the Younger Dryas tag archive.
The Younger Dryas was a sudden cold period near the end of the last Ice Age.
In their view, this caused the Younger Dryas cooling and helped wipe out the large Ice Age animals.
Nicholas Pinter and colleagues called their 2011 review "The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: A requiem" (Earth-Science Reviews, 2011).
Vance Holliday and colleagues published a "Comprehensive refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH)" in 2023 (Earth-Science Reviews, 2023).
Martin Sweatman published "Rejection of Holliday et al.'s alleged refutation of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis" in the same journal in 2024 (Earth-Science Reviews, 2024).
The impact, if it happened, marks the start of the Younger Dryas, not its end.
I will update this page when new dates come in for the flood layers or for the end of the Younger Dryas.
The site goes up soon after the Younger Dryas.
Younger Dryas onset ~10,900–9,700 BCE with possible comet impact ~10,800 BCE (12,800 years ago), leaving nanodiamonds and ash in Greenland ice cores.
The Younger Dryas was a rapid cooling event triggered by meltwater disrupting ocean currents, with the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) proposing comet fragments ~12,900 years ago (~10,900 BCE).
The priest describes a pre-flood Athenian civilization, renowned for its laws and deeds, existing 9,000 years before Solon’s time (circa 600 BCE), dating to around 11,600 years ago, aligning with the Pleistocene-to-Holocene transition and the Younger Dryas period.
These dates suggest a millennium for recovery after the Younger Dryas, with Egypt established around 10,600 years ago.
Geological evidence supports major underwater catastrophes during the Younger Dryas, including massive landslides and meltwater pulses, potentially linked to the subsidence of landmasses in the Atlantic, aligning with Plato’s timeline.
The Younger Dryas (circa 12,900–11,600 years ago) culminated in Meltwater Pulse 1B, a significant oceanic discharge from melting ice sheets, coinciding with Plato’s date for Atlantis’s subsidence following its war with proto-Athenians.
This aligns with Younger Dryas evidence of catastrophic climate shifts and erosive events in Greece.
These symbolize hand-pollination post-catastrophe, likely the Younger Dryas, to reboot agriculture and civilization.
Stories of floods, sky fires, and cold periods point to the Younger Dryas, with agriculture’s revival central to human progress.
Also, Younger Dryas cold snap.
10500 BC: Global; Younger Dryas begins
Beginning of Younger Dryas.
9500 BC: Global; Younger Dryas ends
End of Younger Dryas, return of wet warm conditions in Near East, time of plenty.
Severe cold snap; possible short time of hardship in Near east as in Younger Dryas.
The one before that is 12,000 years ago, corresponding to the disastrous Younger Dryas period.
But when these people spread out before the destruction of Atlantis, approximately 11,500 of your years ago, at the beginning of what your scientists refer to as the Younger Dryas period—that began the melting of the ice caps, the flooding and raising of the ocean levels to their present level, relatively speaking—the idea is that they spread to different civilizations, brought their technology, brought their understanding.
The Younger Dryas period (12,900–11,700 years ago) saw a sudden cooling due to a massive freshwater release from Lake Agassiz affecting global climates.
The Younger Dryas period, marked by this event, shifted your climate and raised ocean levels, submerging most of the Atlantean islands.
These stories suggest a range of responses to global catastrophes, possibly connected to events in the Younger Dryas period.
Some traditions suggest these destructions alternated, while geological and biological records, such as the Younger Dryas boundary, show evidence of simultaneous floods and fires.
303 to 323) titled "Evidence for a Solar Flare Cause of the Pleistocene Mass Extinction." He argues that a massive solar proton event killed off many large mammals at the start of the Younger Dryas, about 12,900 years ago.
Excess ^14^C rose by 65 per mil (‰) during the first 200 years of the Younger Dryas.
It also sits inside the window of 12,950 to 12,750 cal yr BP that he gives for the extinction in the first 200 years of the Younger Dryas.
But when these people spread out before the destruction of Atlantis, approximately 11,500 of your years ago, at the beginning of what your scientists refer to as the Younger Dryas period—that began the melting of the ice caps, the flooding and raising of the ocean levels to their present level, relatively speaking—the idea is that they spread to different civilizations, brought their technology, brought their understanding.
After the upheaval following the Younger Dryas (~12,900 to ~11,700 years ago), the climate had gradually stabilized, leading to consistent seasons, more predictable rainfall, and diverse ecosystems that could support larger, more permanent human settlements.
Golokhvastoff’s The Fall of Atlantis and Bashar’s channeled insights, emphasizing Jōmon evidence within the Younger Dryas context (10,800–9,650 BCE) to fill in blanks about Atlantis without relying heavily on external references.
This timeframe coincides with the Younger Dryas climatic upheaval, marked by a fire event around 10,800 BCE and a flood around 9,650 BCE, offering a potential parallel to Atlantis’s narrative.
The Uenohara site in Kyushu, dated to around 12,000 years ago (10,000 BCE), contains circular pit houses approximately 3 to 5 meters in diameter with central hearths, predating the Younger Dryas fire event (10,800 BCE).
The Natsushima site in Honshu, dated to 9,500 years ago (7,500 BCE), reveals shell middens and pit dwellings established after the Younger Dryas flood (9,650 BCE), indicating adaptation to post-cataclysm conditions.
Stone tools, including adzes, and bone fish hooks and harpoons, unearthed from these sites, demonstrate their reliance on marine and forest resources during the Younger Dryas transition (10,800–9,650 BCE).
Before the Younger Dryas flood (9,650 BCE), these boats facilitated coastal trade, exchanging marine goods—cod, flounder, sardines—and possibly ritual items like polished stones.
After the flood, these vessels enabled retreat from inundated coastlines, ensuring survival into the post-Younger Dryas period (9,500 BCE).
These pits, containing ash and offerings like fish bones, indicate ceremonies that intensified during the Younger Dryas (~10,800–9,650 BCE), possibly as responses to environmental disruptions.
The Jōmon sustained themselves through a diverse diet that adapted to Younger Dryas challenges.
Shell middens from sites like Natsushima (7,500 BCE) confirm this coastal reliance, persisting through the Younger Dryas fire (10,800 BCE) and flood (~9,650 BCE).
The myth’s “sky blazed” aligns with the Younger Dryas fire (10,800 BCE), possibly volcanic or meteoric, followed by “the sea swallowed land” as floodwaters rose (9,650 BCE), reflecting the 20-meter sea-level rise of Meltwater Pulse 1A (11,650 BP).
Polynesian Tawhaki (Pacific): Tawhaki and his brother form a twin-like pair—storms (fire-like, 10,800 BCE) precede a flood (9,650 BCE)—canoes carry survivors, akin to Jōmon logboats retreating from Younger Dryas flooding (~9,650 BCE).
Golden Age Interactions: Jōmon communities traded cod, flounder, and shellfish along coasts by 10,000 BCE, using logboats before the Younger Dryas fire (10,800 BCE).
Ritual and Twins: Dogū figurines (10,000 BCE) indicate Jōmon rituals centered on duality, potentially provoking chaos during the Younger Dryas (10,800–9,650 BCE).
Dual Events Response: Jōmon boats enabled retreat from flooded coasts (9,650 BCE) after the Younger Dryas fire (10,800 BCE), suggesting Atlantean maritime survival strategies—small vessels fleeing rising waters within 10,000–9,564 BCE—adapted to dual cataclysms.
Their maritime logboats (10,000 BCE) facilitated coastal trade and survival during the Younger Dryas fire (10,800 BCE) and flood (9,650 BCE), within the 10,000–9,564 BCE window.
Archaeological Roots: Kivas trace to the Ancestral Puebloan period (1200 BCE onwards), with simpler pit houses from the Archaic period (10,000–8,000 BCE) suggesting continuity from Clovis-era structures (11,500 BP, ~9,500 BCE)—post-Younger Dryas flood (9,650 BCE)—aligning with Atlantis’s timeline (10,000–9,564 BCE).
Symbolism: Fire links to Younger Dryas fire (~10,800 BCE)—smoke as a twin to Earth’s breath—disrupted by imbalance.
Atlantis: Golokhvastoff’s twins—masculine/feminine—priestly kiva-like ritual (drums, Bashar) seeks unity—provokes Younger Dryas chaos—Bashar’s Atlantean balance lost.
Hopi: Kiva sky-watchers track Pleiades (Taurus)—solstice rites—Younger Dryas impact (10,800 BCE) shifts Thuban—provokes ritual response—flood (9,650 BCE).
Meaning: Kiva rituals—centered on twins—maintain cosmic order—misuse (provocation) disrupts—fire/flood ensue—survive in legacy—Atlantis’s priests parallel this—10,800–9,650 BCE Younger Dryas as the event—twins as the pivot.
Younger Dryas: Impact (10,800 BCE)—fire—meltwater (9,650 BCE)—flood—kiva origins (~10,000 BCE pit houses) post-date—survivors’ rites—Atlantis’s timeline fits.
Twins symbolize unity—provoked disruption (kiva-like rites) triggers dual events—10,000–9,564 BCE Younger Dryas aligns—kivas preserve this in Hopi lore, Atlantis’s echo in Clovis-era rites (~9,500 BCE).
The Younger Dryas (~10,900–9,700 BCE) kicks off with a bang—possibly a comet impact ~10,800 BCE (12,800 years ago), leaving nanodiamonds and ash in Greenland ice cores.
Around 10,800 BCE, the Younger Dryas impact might have wobbled Earth’s axis—shifting Thuban, the pole star in Draco—or veiled Taurus and Orion with dust, making stars “move” to ancient eyes.
The Younger Dryas fits: 10,800 BCE Taurus meteors (fire) provoke chaos—priests resist—9,650 BCE floods seal it—ships escape, seeding Clovis-era Americas (11,500 BP).
The Younger Dryas nails the timing—~10,800 BCE impact (fire), ~9,650 BCE meltwater (flood)—within Atlantis’s 10,000–9,564 BCE window.
That sits in the same open paleo-contact lane Graham Hancock uses for the Younger Dryas.
The Younger Dryas was a sharp return to cold climate near the end of the last ice age.
Martin Sweatman and related work read Pillar 43 toward a Younger Dryas / comet sky date around 10,950 BCE.
I put the Sweatman-style Younger Dryas / Taurid parallel next to Taurid Meteor Stream.
Taurid Meteor Stream: Younger Dryas / Taurid / Göbekli-region catastrophe neighbor (Sweatman-style parallel lane).
Göbekli Tepe (Turkey, ~9600 BCE) may contain carvings that show the Younger Dryas impact event.
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, first set out by Richard Firestone and colleagues in 2007, proposes that Earth was hit by a comet or its fragments around 12,900 years ago.
The Younger Dryas cooling event (about 12,900 to 11,700 years ago)
Greenland crater (Hiawatha Crater): an impact structure under the ice, once proposed as a Younger Dryas site.
These discoveries align with the timeline of a cataclysmic event, such as the Younger Dryas cold period, 12,800 to 11,600 years ago.
This aligns with the end of the Younger Dryas, a period of dramatic climatic change marked by rising sea levels and widespread flooding.
Here, we find the end of the Younger Dryas, the last ice age.
The Taurid Meteor Impact, linked to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, is believed to have occurred around 10,800 BCE.
One theory posits that the underground cities were built as shelters during cataclysmic events such as the Younger Dryas period, a time of global cooling around 10,950 BCE.
Salt deposits and discoloration found on the lower portions of the Great Pyramid indicate submersion under water, possibly during the Younger Dryas period.
Silva explains the Younger Dryas period, an ice age event that began around 10,800 BCE and lasted approximately 800 years, believed to be triggered by a large meteorite impact.
Silva links global myths about the Great Flood and Younger Dryas impact to scientific events, such as the Taurid meteor shower and solar cycles, which may have caused massive climate shifts.
LaCroix and Michels examine the Younger Dryas period, hypothesized by Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson to have included a comet or meteor impact around 12,000 years ago.
Geological evidence, such as sudden climate changes and large-scale flooding, suggests that an event often called the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, could have contributed to significant changes in early human societies.
That would be before the climate shifts of the Younger Dryas period and the Great Flood.