"Lost Kingdom" Discovered on Volcanic Island in Indonesia

National Geographic ^ | February 27, 2006 | John Roach

[annie laurie]

Scientists announced today the discovery of a small "kingdom" on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa thought to have been obliterated by the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.

The eruption of the volcano Tambora in 1815 killed 117,000 people in Southeast Asia, including those believed buried under ten feet (three meters) of pumice and ash in the recently discovered village.

The team, led by University of Rhode Island volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson, hailed the discovery as the "Pompeii of the East" ...

[annie laurie]

Interesting find.

[annie laurie]

GGG ping :)

[VOA]

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[P.O.E.]

Shangri-La? Mu?

[TXnMA]

blam -- Can't believe no one has pinged you to this article, yet!

[annie laurie]

I did ... see the second post above! ;-p

[annie laurie]

Whoops, nope, I meant to but somehow didn't ... mea culpa! :)

[blam]

Thanks for the ping(s).

[blam]

That eruption caused this:

Eighteen Hundred And Froze To Death (The Infamous 'Year Without Summer')

[annie laurie]

There was another article posted on that very subject just a few days ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1585159/posts

Interesting :)

[CrazyIvan]

Bush's ancestors fault.

[LeoWindhorse]

Tambora is considered the cultural source for a musical instrument consisting of a wooden ring and a series of small metal cymbals attached at intervals around it.

[solitas]

It's amazing - the things like these that you find when you're digging looking for things like these… :)

[SunkenCiv]

And I think Richie Tambora plays lead guitar for Bon Jovi. ;') ;') ;')

[SunkenCiv]

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[Rakkasan1]

LOL. I laugh when I read this and know that one volcano will cancel out 1000 years of driving Prius's,wearing my Jimmah sweater and stoking my corn stove.

[Rakkasan1]

I'm going home to throw a virgin into the volcano and sign my own neighborhood climate treaty.
(not even 200 years ago and the Earth already healed itself...)
Just wait till Yellowstone blows up...

[CrazyIvan]

"I'm going home to throw a virgin into the volcano and sign my own neighborhood climate treaty.
(not even 200 years ago and the Earth already healed itself...)
Just wait till Yellowstone blows up..."

WOW! You have virgins AND volcanoes where you live? I've got to get out of the Midwest.

I agree. The first fallacy is to assume that we are the problem. The second is that the terms of the treaty will be respected by the signers. (see American Indians)