Thursday, October 23, 2025

You call this archeology

 https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/thera-eruption-predates-pharaoh-ahmose/

A new radiocarbon dating analysis has finally settled one of archaeology’s most contentious debates: when the massive eruption of Thera (Santorini) volcano occurred in relation to the dynastic timeline of ancient Egypt. The research, published in PLOS ONE by an international team of scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Groningen, concludes that the Minoan eruption occurred before Pharaoh Ahmose I, the founder of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty.

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