Code by Fab
The threat. Behold, Santorini!
This one was inspired
by a recent documentary on the Exodus from Egypt called "Exodus decoded"
by Simcha Jacobovici:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_Decoded
Jacobovici suggests that the Exodus took place around 1500 BCE during the reign
of pharaoh Ahmose I, and coincided with the eruption of Santorini that most
scholars believe ended the Minoan civilisation, although this is usually dated
to 1623 BCE (+/-30). In the documentary, the plagues that ravaged Egypt in the
Bible are explained as having resulted from that volcanic eruption, and a related
limnic eruption in the Nile river delta. While much of Jacobovici's archaeological
evidence for the Exodus comes from Egypt, a surprising quantity comes from Mycenae,
on mainland Greece. I looked in the Bible to see what would come up and I found
an interesting matrix (see attachments):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini
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