To relegate bible stories to moral fables as joe and Mcgraph do, is certainly one option , but I shall have to disagree and take them as historical as the church has done in most of its history , and as Jesus himself certainly appears to , though of course I realise that liberal theologians are quite happy to think he was mistaken too.    Rob, says...no proof.., yrt were I to demand proof for the impossible claims of evolutionism I would soon be reminded that ...proof... Is asking too much , and science deals in evidence etec etc...    Well, there is evidence of large wooden vessels in ancient times though of course, as with the bible, if it don't suit the critic such evidence and records will be dismissed because of their a priori assumptions.   Chinese treasure ships , ships listed by Pliny the elder with multiple rows of oarsmen suggesting great size. There are others but even were I exhaustive , it would not be considered by the sceptics here , but anyone open minded might want to investigate further. It is impossible to say what might be possible , and if there were not the proof still here in archaeology a lot of ancient things would probably be trumpeted as impossible !