[brityank]

The effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 are only too well known: It knocked the hell out of Aceh Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leveling buildings, scattering palm trees, and wiping out entire villages.

No it didn't.
The Muslims are still there.

[Sacajaweau]

Always thought the tale of Noah’s Ark was a “result” of a tsunami...not the predecessor of one.

[ASA Vet]

Different Tsunami thread from yesterday

[Captain Rhino]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“The effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami ...on the Indonesian island of Sumatra...”

“the 1883 eruption of Krakatau in Indonesia, which obliterated 300 towns and villages...”

Not to self: Cancel move to Indonesia.

[RobbyS]

It has been speculated that this event provides the background for the events portrayed in “Exodus.” That would get the attention of any Pharoah. But so far as I know, Egyptian records don’t reflect it. Yet Egyptologists get bent out of shape by the Biblical claim that the events of the Passover actually occured, because there is no Egyptian “record” of them.

[stuartcr]

Maybe.

[Badeye]

“Did a tsunami wipe out the cradle of civilization?”

No, but it did damage the patio furniture a bit....

[SunkenCiv]

The wave that destroyed Atlantis [Destroyed by a giant tsunami?]
BBC On-Line | Friday, 20 April 2007 | Harvey Lilley
Posted on 04/22/2007 8:53:44 AM EDT by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821546/posts
(in particular)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821546/posts?page=18#18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821546/posts?page=19#19
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1821546/posts?page=47#47

Layers of mystery: Archaeologists look to the earth for Minoan fate
Worcester Telegram & Gazette | Sunday, October 28, 2007 | Judy Powell
Posted on 11/04/2007 1:04:25 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1920708/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=thera

New Ice-Core Evidence Challenges the 1620s age for the Santorini (Minoan) Eruption
Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 25, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 279-289 | 13 July 1997 | Gregory A. Zielinski, Mark S. Germani
Posted on 07/29/2004 3:25:45 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1180724/posts

[SunkenCiv]

For one thing, Plato is the only surviving ancient source for the Atlantis legend, and he placed it outside Gibraltar, referred to as the Pillars of Hercules, and explicitly described the Americas as lying beyond Atlantis. There’s nothing in the Atlantis story to suggest any other location. Furthermore, the caldera which is the harbor of the island of Santorini is over 100,000 years old; the only major Theran eruption recorded in ancient sources (and remember, Minoan and Mycenaean societies were literate) dates to circa 200 BC, which is AFTER PLATO and AFTER HERODOTUS (who also writes quite a bit about Santorini / Thera / Calliste). Still furthermore, radiocarbon dates on the island are off by hundreds of years due to the preponderance of C12 in the volcanic soils. Still furthermore, the Greenland ice core data matches an Alaskan volcano, not Thera.

[SunkenCiv]

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