Method
How the museum handles competing dates
Biblical genealogical years, ancient literary traditions, and archaeological chronologies are displayed as distinct evidence layers. Alignment on one screen does not account that all systems agree.
Research Collection 01
The Generations Before the Flood
Adam to Noah
Follow Adam’s family line while comparing biblical events, ancient literary traditions, architecture, and developments occurring across the world.
Chronology currently displayed: Masoretic genealogical years (Anno Mundi), with a comparative Ussher-style BC reference beginning at 4004 BC. Archaeological dates remain conventional estimates and should not be mistaken for biblical dates.
Research Collection 01
The Generations Before the Flood
Follow Adam’s family line while comparing biblical events, ancient literary traditions, architecture, and developments occurring across the world.
Chronology currently displayed:
Masoretic genealogical years (Anno Mundi), with a comparative Ussher-style BC reference beginning at 4004 BC. Archaeological dates remain conventional estimates and should not be mistaken for biblical dates.
Research Installation 01
One historical window
Biblical lineage and the wider ancient world
Biblical text
Ancient literary tradition
Architecture / archaeology
Ancient civilization
Migration / movement
Climate / geological
Approximate or inferred
Choose a Historical Lens
Five views. One synchronized era.
Change galleries without losing your place in the chronology. The selected year or ancestor remains the point of reference.
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Current Gallery · Genealogy
The generations from Adam to Noah
Lifespans and generational overlap are displayed against the same AM chronology used throughout this research room.
Long bands show broad eras or date ranges.
Diamond markers show individual or approximate events.
Select any item to open its description without covering another event.
Year Since Creation (AM)
Masoretic chronology · BC equivalents shown below
AM 0
4004 BC AM 400
3604 BC AM 800
3204 BC AM 1200
2804 BC AM 1656
2348 BC / Flood
4004 BC AM 400
3604 BC AM 800
3204 BC AM 1200
2804 BC AM 1656
2348 BC / Flood
Family Line
Adam to Noah
Ancient Sources
Watcher Era
Recorded Events
Enoch & Nephilim
Mesopotamia
Cities & Cultures
Egypt & Africa
Monumental Architecture
Europe
Megalithic World
China & East Asia
Neolithic Cultures
South America
Early Monumental Centers
Near East
Settlement Corridors
Anatolia to Europe
Neolithic Expansion
Coastal Worlds
Maritime Movement
Outside this chronological window
Several major sites often included on broad ancient-history charts—such as Göbekli Tepe and early Jericho—are conventionally dated earlier than 4004 BC. They are preserved in the museum database but cannot be placed inside this particular Ussher-style pre-Flood window without misrepresenting the dating conflict.
Illuminated Genealogy
The Line of Seth
Follow the ancestral line from Adam to Noah. Select any generation to illuminate its place in the lineage, synchronize the timeline above, and open its museum record.
Genesis genealogy
Ancient-source tradition
Flood boundary
Key distinction
Jared and the Watcher tradition
Genesis 6 does not identify the patriarchal generation in which the sons of God descended. First Enoch associates their descent with “the days of Jared,” so the event is displayed as an ancient-source tradition rather than a canonical biblical date.
Prototype references
- Genesis 5:1–32 — Adam-to-Noah genealogy and lifespans.
- Genesis 6:1–4 — sons of God, daughters of men, and Nephilim.
- 1 Enoch 6:6 — Watchers associated with the days of Jared.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Stonehenge, Caral-Supe, and Memphis/Giza reference material.
- User-supplied “Biblical Giants and a Brief World History Timeline” — conceptual content inventory and visual reference.