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Thera

Thera. A volcanic eruption about 1500 BCE crippled the Minoan civilization and may have been recorded in Exodus. The Aegean. Crete. The Minoans. 2600-1450 BCE Major earthquake and palace destruction about 1700 BCE (or invasion?) Thera eruption about 1500 BCE weakened Minoan culture

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Thera

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  1. Thera A volcanic eruption about 1500 BCE crippled the Minoan civilization and may have been recorded in Exodus

  2. The Aegean

  3. Crete

  4. The Minoans • 2600-1450 BCE • Major earthquake and palace destruction about 1700 BCE (or invasion?) • Thera eruption about 1500 BCE weakened Minoan culture • Widespread palace destruction about 1450 BCE • Supplanted by Mycenaeans from mainland about 1420 BCE

  5. Minoan Culture • Maritime trading civilization • Weapons and fortifications relatively few • Non-Greek Language • Script Linear A not yet deciphered • Later adapted to Mycenean Greek (Linear B) • Creative Art • Sea themes abound • Female figures predominate over male

  6. Minoan Vase, Heraklion

  7. Minoan Vase, Heraklion

  8. Minoan Vase, Heraklion

  9. Woman on a Swing, Heraklion

  10. Knossos, Crete

  11. Knossos, Crete

  12. Knossos, Crete

  13. Axe Emblems, Heraklion

  14. The Mysterious Phaestos Disk

  15. Mediterranean Volcanoes

  16. Thera (Santoroni)

  17. Eruption of Thera • 1500 BCE according to artifact evidence • 1600-1620 BCE by radiocarbon, ice core, dendrochronology, possible Chinese record • Minoan civilization survived but probably crippled by coastal damage • Must have been warning; no bodies on Thera

  18. A Chinese Record? “yellow fog, a dim sun, then three suns, frost in July, famine, and the withering of all five cereals.” • Bamboo Chronicles about 1618 BCE

  19. Volcanic Explosivity Index

  20. Pre-Eruption

  21. Pre-Eruption Cutaway

  22. Plinian Eruption

  23. Collapse of Plinian Cloud

  24. Caldera Collapse Begins

  25. Caldera Collapse

  26. Caldera Collapse

  27. Caldera Collapse

  28. Caldera Flooding

  29. Caldera Flooding

  30. Phreatic Explosion and Tsunami

  31. Rebuilding

  32. The Plagues of Egypt • Rivers turn to blood • Frogs • Gnats • Flies • Death of Livestock • Boils • Hail • Locusts • Three days of darkness • Death of the Firstborn

  33. The Plagues of Modern Times • Nothing good on cable • RIAA Lawsuits • Telemarketers • Cell phones in public • Middle seats on airliners • Cellulite • Spam e-mail • Nigerian money scams • Three dollars a gallon for gas • Firstborn come back home to live

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