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To: SunkenCiv

Is there any volcano in the Sinai, even an extinct one?


60 posted on 08/24/2006 10:10:46 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

There are some extinct volcanoes in the Sinai, but they've been extinct for a very long time. There's an ancient account ("Periplus of Hanno") that apparently describes the eruption of Mt Cameroun (a volcano which is still active) and of course Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption of Vesuvius and death of Pliny the Elder. By and large, the reaction to an eruption has been the same throughout history -- run for your lives, in the opposite direction.


65 posted on 08/24/2006 10:19:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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