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To: SunkenCiv
"Scientists said the disk became worthless after the eruption on the Mediterranean island of Thera -- north of Crete and also known as Santorini -- which ejected ash that obscured the sky all the way to Central Europe for 20 to 25 years."

I wonder how many people died of starvation across the world?

Santorini Eruption Much larger Than Originally Believed

KINGSTON, R.I. – August 23, 2006 – An international team of scientists has found that the second largest volcanic eruption in human history, the massive Bronze Age eruption of Thera in Greece, was much larger and more widespread than previously believed.

14 posted on 08/23/2010 6:52:03 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

maybe 40 years of wandering in the desert wasn’t so bad with all that ash in the air...


15 posted on 08/23/2010 7:00:01 PM PDT by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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To: blam

“Santorini Eruption Much larger Than Originally Believed”

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Charles Pelligrino wrote a book, “Unearthing Atlantis,” in around 1990 that effectively established that fact, but only as a supporting point; not as the main thesis.


20 posted on 08/23/2010 7:15:58 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: blam

Zero. :’)


23 posted on 08/24/2010 4:23:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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