Nadine Moeller, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, discusses the possible connection between the eruption of the volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) in the eastern Mediterranean and an enigmatic account left by the Egyptian pharaoh Ahmose describing an unusually violent storm.
Lecture: The Ahmose Tempest Stela—An Ancient Egyptian Account of a Natural Catastrophe. Chronological Implications and the Archaeological Evidence
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