It's crazy that Santorini was a mountain on dryland for a few 100,000 years around 6 million years ago when the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic!
Thanks as always! This is a very remarkable find! Given its interaction with water, I wonder if the Archaeos eruption reached the mesosphere, as Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai's 2022 eruption did. The extent of the pyroclastic deposits, reaching other islands in the nearby region, slightly reminded of a 2019 study that found Youngest Toba Tuff supereruption deposits all the way to Malaysia, 250 kilometers away!
The remaining dwellings on the Island are Minoan style and buried under ash as well as showing evidence of earthquake damage (and no deaths so far, suggesting evacuation). It has been suggested that at least one of the 10 plagues of Egypt relates to the eruption. Given the volcanic style, I think it ought to be expected to find similar eruptions in the geological past of this sort of long lived volcano. I expect there are more out there to be found. New Zealand must have several.
Krakatoa has a similar history, a long-lived volcano cycling between building phases (which it is currently in) and large caldera forming eruptions (most recently 1883) in the same "stationary" spot.
@@kellydalstok8900 I hope you realize there is actually plenty of historical evidence for both the Ten Plagues of Egypt as well as a large population that left the Goshen region. Ever heard of the Hyksos?
A break from large eruptions would be nice. But imagine it went back to its pre-1950 dynamics. Pure Strombolian activity viewed from what is essentially a natural amphiteater., out of harm's way. Would give Stromboli itself a challenge as a touristic volcano.
alas, possibly. But also, Alas, the Atlantis story comes from a story that Plato told. Plato stating that, he got the story from Egyptians. Egyptians who told a story or legend of a lost civilization claimed to exist 9,000 years before the time of Plato. Yes try to imagine it! Plato said Atlantis was 9,000 years before his time, and at this moment in 2024 AD/CE, we are over 2,000 AFTER Plato! Incredible. So, while legends do become legends for a reason, because historical facts become confused and exaggerated over the cours of time… sure, it is possible that this particular one that he is talking about could have been Atlantean. But also, or, and also, this one here according to what he said was “only” 2,000 years before Plato or aroundabouts that much. Not 9,000 years before, as Plato himself wrote, getting the story from Egyptians, or something.
The Egyptians knew about the eruption that wiped out most of the Minoan civilization. Egypt referred to the Minoans as Kaftor, I think. Plato based his Atlantis story upon Solon's account of what happened to Santorini/Crete. Solon got the basic story from the Egyptians, but he incorrectly translated the time line. The Egyptian calendar was a lunar calendar, and the Greeks used a solar calendar. Solon was off by a few centuries.
It certainly did! And the fact that Santorini/Thera has had several similar sized eruptions in its history means we need to consider this volcano and its activity when looking at the history of this region.
I enjoyed this especially because I spent a weekend on the island a few years ago. It has black, red and white sand beaches. Also visited 2 sites from ancient civilizations. Amazing place!
Indeed... that black is probably fresh basaltic/andesitic rock from post-Minoan eruptions, red is possibly oxidized scoria from the same origin of magma. The white stuff is more silicic material, from maybe Minoan pumice or lava domes. Once the explosive eruption has purged all the silicic magma from the system and killed the former chamber by forming a caldera, fresher, more basic magma creeps up as basaltic or andesitic products, erupting in a Strombolian manner. This is the rebuilding stage it's at. Just like Anak Krakatau or Rinjani.
I always wondered what happened to the magnificent Minoan culture. So sad! What a complete wipe-out that eruption that was, for marine life as well as land-based flora and fauna. The impact of that event probably disrupted or ended lots of smaller pockets of human habitations. I wondered if the source of the magma was a hot spot, but I guess it was just a huge undersea magma chamber.
Actually they were not wiped out. The surviving ruins of the palace at Knossos in Crete are actually newer than the eruption. They might have gone downhill from that eruption but they survived.
Not mentioned on this post is the fact that recent excavations of buildings on Santorini that were buried intact on the parts of the island that were not pulverized in the eruption contain maps and art all but proving that Santorini was the original site of Atlantis. As excavations continue, my belief is that it will be proven without a doubt. There are many amazing sites that you can access to learn more. I suggest an early springtime vacation to both Santorini and Crete, when the crowds are relatively tame, to immerse yourself in the incredible history of the civilization that once thrived there.
@@mambagr The archaeological evidence shows evidence for the Santorini Eruption Tsunami, a change in pottery style subsequently and the disappearance of the Minoan culture in the next 50 to 100 years. The palaces like Knossos were abandoned at much the same time. There are lots of good material on youtube if anyone is interested to look.
We are discovering first hand about the effects of water being forced into high altitudes by Hunga Tonga, Just image the climate effects from the same circumstance, but 3 or 4 levels of magnitude in raw power.
The best book about the geologic history of Santorini is "Geological Society Memoir 19 Santorini Volcano by T. H. Druitt et al.". It's a bit old now, published in 1999 I think, but it gives a chapter and verse account of the geology and geologic history of Santorini.
My lecturers did a wonderful paper and seminar a few years back but still quite fresh. The paper is called "Eruptive activity of Santorini controlled by sea level" To which it is a fascinating observation that sea level could dictate eruptive functions.
Thanks to science we are now understanding that Europe is not the long suspected geological paradise relatively free of larger seismic and volcanic threats. With the Campi Flegrei, Lake Laach and Santorini, there are now at least 3 known potential supervolcanoes here. Similarly as with other rare threats like asteroids, it is better to be at least generally aware than being caught completely off-guard.
Thanks for the video. I just read parts of the paper and it said the 90 cubic km of pyroclastic flow tuff was six times the corresponding amount from the Minoan eruption. Could that mean the total volume from this eruption was significantly larger than the Minoan eruption?
It has also been speculated that the most recent Santorini event triggered the legendary "biblical plagues" of ancient Egypt, those because of the timelines, this has been met with controversy and dismissal by most historical scholars.
@@Roarmeister2 Part of the problem is that not all historical records line up perfectly. As pointed out above, the Egyptians used a lunar calendar while the Greeks used a Solar calendar. And even the carbon dating of the Thera eruption is only a close estimate, not a hard date indicator. 200 years is in the margin of error for Carbon dating.
Good video as always, though a quick nitpick from an archaeologist, it's actually a common misconception that the Minoan eruption ended the Minoan culture, it certainly destroyed everything on Santorini and had a major impact on Crete, but many od the most iconic Minoan sites actually had their heyday after the eruption
This Eruption of this Greek Island of Thera, produced the Tsunami that also hit Egypt during what is known as The Exodus of the Hebrews, and the Tempest Stela of Ahmose 1.
I've seen a.video that suggests the parting of the Red Sea was.due to these eruptions. In the Nile Delta is an are called Reed Sea as the waves approched the tide went out and the the people were able to cross the shallow water then the Egyptian army were swamped by the tidal waves. Not sure how true this is.but it makes a great story.
The 1600bce eruption coincides with the biblical story of the exodus. It is known that the hebrews were living in the nile delta at that time so effects of a catastrophic eruption of such a magnitude would chime with the "religiousified" folk memory of the event. I just invented a word. Splendid.
Santorini is essentially like a nuclear bomb just sitting on the bottom of the Mediterranean! Hopefully it doesn't explode catastrophically again in our lifetime. It's also been suggested that several of the biblical plagues in Egypt mentioned in the Book of Exodus may have been either a direct or indirect result of this cataclysmic eruption.
As I was scanning on maps for get a better geographical understanding of the Middle East, I noticed in the Yemeni city of Aden there is what looks like a caldera. Maybe it’s worth a video?
@@Vesuviusiskingthis one is not that. He’s talking about one much older than those. The reason that matters is that it suggests they system goes through phases of catastrophic eruptive activity, rather than having just have one sequence in antiquity.
I often holiday in Crete, and stay right on the sea edge. I’d often thought how screwed I am if a large quake occurred and caused a Tsunami to strike. But it’s not only a quake that could cause a tsunami to strike Crete!! Oh well, if I have a Mythos and Gyros I’ll be happy enough!! 😅
A question: You mention that the tsunami struck Crete. Is there any evidence that it also impacted Egypt's Nile Delta? After all, there is a wide opening between Crete and Karpathos -- exposing a direct line of sight.
Biblical and archeological evidence would suggest that many, if not all, of the catastrophic events that define a line between history and pre-history were caused by the eruption of 3500 +/- years ago, and most probably set the emergence of modern western civilization back many centuries. The inundation of the Nile delta, subsequent urban and agricultural destruction, and years long climate alteration would certainly be included.
Quite possibly the culprit for the Atlantis story. Or the destruction of remnants of the original Atlantisian civilization. Either way these events would be widely known and remembered for thousands of years.
I read some of the early works of Professor A.G. Galanopoulos. They present a compelling case when considering the historical roots of the Atlantian mythos. 🖖🌋👍
Why not?? They have no memory of the massive eruption that destroyed Santorini and they feel it is too distant in the past to be concerned with. Besides that there are many more recent eruptions which decimated the local community only to be repopulated in following years. Vesuvius in 79 AD, Le Flegri 1538, Tanbora 1815, Pelee 1902 and there are many more.
😮 For reason my brain cannot fathom, I could not count those hearts from left to right...but when I tried to count them from right to left, I succeeded.... Am I "weird, or what" ?!! 😮🤔🥺🏴♥️🖖 (as William Shatner might say!)
Even in current day if a coastal civilization had everything 700 meters close to the sea completely erased from under the sun it would be a cataclysmic era defining moment.
It also influenced the Exodus myth and the cause of the plagues which are provable: Nile red waters due to iron expelled, the parting of shallow waters before tsunamis, the skies turning pitch black, acid rains causing cattle to die and wounds on people, frogs to depart from iron poisoned waters, pestilence from all the dead around...A clear pattern, which you don´t have with... Atlantis. Its is convenient to not talk about cults anyway, they want people stupid and tamed by... "faith".
Calling the Minoans "the most advanced bronce age culture" is inaccurate, you could maybe say most advanced **European** bronce age culture, since putting bronce age cultures between Greece and the Near East above one another is not really accurate, while European bronce age cultures outside the Balkans had a more humble level of development.
I think the Atlantis story was more likely to be about the collapse of the Azores Plateau which happened 12,900 to 11,700 years BP. It's a far better fit for the story than the Santorini eruption.
@@absalomdraconis reread the original text. It's not Plato's story, it's his uncle Solon who is told the story by the Egyptian priests Santorini is not beyond the Pillars of Hercules (straits of gibraltar)
It's a voice that stands out, but the poor guy might be that way due to a speech impediment from birth :( If he somehow ends up reading this, he should know that his efforts are sincerely appreciated on top of being valued due to his expertise.
Funny you should use that term. Film maker Simcha Jacobovici has speculated in his 2005 documentary The Exodus Decoded that the most recent Santorini event triggered the legendary "biblical plagues" of ancient Egypt. Because of conflicting timelines, and the fact he has no training in archeology, this has been met with controversy and dismissal by most historical scholars.
@@samsonsoturian6013 I watched the documentary when it first came out. His ideas do have merit, it's a shame though that he played fast and loose with the time frame to get his ideas to fit. If there was ever a way to synch everything up, he might have something, but too much has already been established already ... except the Exodus legend. Scholars today STILL don't agree on when it occurred, but I believe they universally agree it didn't line up with Jacobovici's "compromise" date.
@@whiteknightcat I agree he was loose with the dates. And I don't think it was Ahmose I. I still go with it being during Rasmus the Great with Akhenaten (King Tut's father) being the Pharaoh that Joseph served. That doesn't disqualify Therea from being the culprit of the Plagues of Egypt, but it does require historians to recalibrate dates and recording of events if we are to operate on those assumptions.
I definitely don’t think Santorini VEI-7 eruption inspired the myth of Atlantis. In my opinion Atlantis was near the Canary Islands of the Azores.and one of those volcanic islands had a massive landslide that caused a tsunami and it wiped out Atlantis.
It's not clear if the Ancient Greeks ever even really knew of the Canary Islands, and they certainly didn't know of the Azores. The myth was likely partially inspired by the Minoans and placed in the Atlantic because by that time the Greek had some knowledge of most of the Mediterranean but knew little beyond Gibraltar.
The stories were passed on to the Greeks. The story got retold & embellished. I'm faaar from saying "definitely the Azores" but until things are proven, it's all theory and speculation
@@nickbrough8335 (sigh) and it's known that the story of Atlantis is older than the Greek/Minoan civilizations. It was retold during ancient Greek times. Some say it's an allegory. Some say it's a legend from thousands of yrs before the Mediterranean cultures. Around the time of the yunger-dryas event. Either way..still just speculation, on everyones part, until it's proven. It's not a debate. It's just opinions everyone has.
THIS IS NOT "recently discovered." There is also speculation about how the Plagues of Egypt of the Exodes were similar to the aftermath of volcanic eruption.
This video mentions the massive Santorini eruption, but the focus of the video was indeed on a recent study that uncovered an eruption just as big as the one that destroyed the Minoan culture that occurred over 500,000 years ago. The description of that eruption begins at 1:15.
Well, by your well crafted post it's obvious that you're the smartest man in the world. Please accept my sincere apologies for engaging in thought and inquiry.
He has: ruclips.net/video/vf5gk3Zw208/видео.htmlsi=cQ-h-4zmsfI1mgMM The only thing the Eye of Sahara has in common with Atlantis is that both are round. Otherwise it is in the wrong place, of wrong size, and of the wrong age, and anyway Atlantis was an allegory not meant to be taken literally.
@@samsonsoturian6013 Two of Plato's dialogues, _Timeaus_ and _Critias,_ claim to quote Solon, who is said to have learned about Atlantis at the temple of Neith in Egypt. The location is given as "a distant point in the Atlantic ocean", no more exact than that. Also, the island is claimed to be larger than Libya and Asia together. Have you even read Plato?
LOL... 'recently discovered'.... that MEGA-BLAST has been known about for centuries, actually. About 30 years ago, I was researching the history of the eastern mediterranean (history & myth freak, was trying to link bits from Greek myth with known disasters in history/archaeology - I have a chart, in fact) and found a book on 'finding ATLANTIS' (which discussed the eruption of the island now known as Santorini, and the hypothesis that the early Greek/Minoan civilization was the 'Atlantis' that was swallowed by the sea). This took place ca. 1635 =/-50yrs and the blast vaporized 5 cubic MILES of rock from the center of the island originally known as Kalliste ('the fair one' -- after the eruption, it became known as 'Thera', 'the beast'... until the 12th century, when the "Santorini" first appears in the work of the Muslim geographer al-Idrisi, as "Santurin", from the island's patron saint, Saint Irene of Thessalonica. The book about the search for a Mediterranean Atlantis noted that tidal waves hit over 100' on another of the Greek isles, and that effects would have reached the coast of Palestine and the northern mouth of the Nile; any coastal cities within the eastern Med would have been hit by tidal waves, and low-lying islands would have been washed clean of anything living. The blast wave would have obliterated anything within 500 miles of the island. Now just imagine... re-date that eruption to about 1258BCE (again, =/-50yrs) by removing the extra ~475yrs in the Egyptian chronology due to the academic insistence that the Egyptian dynasties were linear and none co-existed at any time (disproved by the Third Intermediate Period, during which period multiple dynasties co-existed in northern Egypt), then this eruption could account for the Bronze Age collapse. Check the map at: Map of Aegean Sea with islands - Ontheworldmapcom "THIRA" is shown at the midcenter of the long leg of a triangle comprised of Kythera, Krete, and Rhodes. Now check what damage those 3 islands incurred from the eruption.
Imagine the energy needed to send a plume of ash through 700 feet of water and then 130,000 feet into the atmosphere. Absolutely incredible.
Would have been a hell of a show.
Homo bodoensis must have been traumatized and deaf by seeing and hearing the Santorini eruption.
Indeed…ridiculously powerful.
We don’t have to imagine - it happened two years ago in Tonga.
@@allangibson8494 Actually Hunga Tonga was even more impressive, something like 200000 feet into the atmosphere (but with less water blocking)
It's crazy that Santorini was a mountain on dryland for a few 100,000 years around 6 million years ago when the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic!
Thanks as always! This is a very remarkable find! Given its interaction with water, I wonder if the Archaeos eruption reached the mesosphere, as Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai's 2022 eruption did.
The extent of the pyroclastic deposits, reaching other islands in the nearby region, slightly reminded of a 2019 study that found Youngest Toba Tuff supereruption deposits all the way to Malaysia, 250 kilometers away!
I love these Ancient Catastrophes! The sheer scale of some of them are awesome!
The remaining dwellings on the Island are Minoan style and buried under ash as well as showing evidence of earthquake damage (and no deaths so far, suggesting evacuation). It has been suggested that at least one of the 10 plagues of Egypt relates to the eruption. Given the volcanic style, I think it ought to be expected to find similar eruptions in the geological past of this sort of long lived volcano. I expect there are more out there to be found. New Zealand must have several.
Krakatoa has a similar history, a long-lived volcano cycling between building phases (which it is currently in) and large caldera forming eruptions (most recently 1883) in the same "stationary" spot.
I am glad you pointed out the possible connection of the Thera Eruption to the Exodus and the 10 plagues of Egypt.
I hope you do know that the exodus story is a fairytale as the Israelites were never slaves in Egypt and Moses never existed.
@@kellydalstok8900 I hope you realize there is actually plenty of historical evidence for both the Ten Plagues of Egypt as well as a large population that left the Goshen region. Ever heard of the Hyksos?
@@davidford3115I also am. I was trying to recall some facts about the volcano and Santarini. Thanks
That is truly terrifying. The colossal power is incredible.
Santorini/Thira certainly has a long volcanic history. It is a beautiful island so I hope that maybe it's decided to take a really long break.
Thera
@@Vesuviusisking Tx.
it errupts(well on a good scale anyways) every 36.000 years then it rebuilts itself thats what thera does
A break from large eruptions would be nice. But imagine it went back to its pre-1950 dynamics. Pure Strombolian activity viewed from what is essentially a natural amphiteater., out of harm's way. Would give Stromboli itself a challenge as a touristic volcano.
@@pierreetienneschneider6731 Santorini is already a major tourist destination due to it's beauty. Been there. It's gorgeous.
Thanks for all of your hard work man!
Very interesting story again. The santorini story is indeed one of the factors for the atlantis story.
alas, possibly. But also, Alas, the Atlantis story comes from a story that Plato told. Plato stating that, he got the story from Egyptians. Egyptians who told a story or legend of a lost civilization claimed to exist 9,000 years before the time of Plato. Yes try to imagine it! Plato said Atlantis was 9,000 years before his time, and at this moment in 2024 AD/CE, we are over 2,000 AFTER Plato! Incredible. So, while legends do become legends for a reason, because historical facts become confused and exaggerated over the cours of time… sure, it is possible that this particular one that he is talking about could have been Atlantean. But also, or, and also, this one here according to what he said was “only” 2,000 years before Plato or aroundabouts that much. Not 9,000 years before, as Plato himself wrote, getting the story from Egyptians, or something.
Glad you covered this new Santorini mega eruption paper so quickly, thanks!
Thanks!
Santorini is a beautiful volcano
The Egyptians knew about the eruption that wiped out most of the Minoan civilization. Egypt referred to the Minoans as Kaftor, I think. Plato based his Atlantis story upon Solon's account of what happened to Santorini/Crete. Solon got the basic story from the Egyptians, but he incorrectly translated the time line. The Egyptian calendar was a lunar calendar, and the Greeks used a solar calendar. Solon was off by a few centuries.
This volcanic eruption I believe added greatly to the bronze age collapse, in the Eastern Mediterranean
It certainly did! And the fact that Santorini/Thera has had several similar sized eruptions in its history means we need to consider this volcano and its activity when looking at the history of this region.
@@carolynallisee2463the volcano is actually called mount kolumbo
Cultures as far as Malta and Sicily to the west, Iraq to the east, and Egypt to the south felt detrimental effects from this eruption
I enjoyed this especially because I spent a weekend on the island a few years ago. It has black, red and white sand beaches. Also visited 2 sites from ancient civilizations. Amazing place!
Indeed... that black is probably fresh basaltic/andesitic rock from post-Minoan eruptions, red is possibly oxidized scoria from the same origin of magma. The white stuff is more silicic material, from maybe Minoan pumice or lava domes.
Once the explosive eruption has purged all the silicic magma from the system and killed the former chamber by forming a caldera, fresher, more basic magma creeps up as basaltic or andesitic products, erupting in a Strombolian manner.
This is the rebuilding stage it's at. Just like Anak Krakatau or Rinjani.
Thank you so much, I enjoy hearing all that you have to say concerning volcanoes around the world
Great info. Thank you ❤️
I have been wondering about Santorini for years. Thanks
I always wondered what happened to the magnificent Minoan culture. So sad! What a complete wipe-out that eruption that was, for marine life as well as land-based flora and fauna. The impact of that event probably disrupted or ended lots of smaller pockets of human habitations. I wondered if the source of the magma was a hot spot, but I guess it was just a huge undersea magma chamber.
It's sits on the remnants of a subduction zone from memory, from when the Tethys Ocean closed creating the Mediterranean.
Actually they were not wiped out. The surviving ruins of the palace at Knossos in Crete are actually newer than the eruption. They might have gone downhill from that eruption but they survived.
Not mentioned on this post is the fact that recent excavations of buildings on Santorini that were buried intact on the parts of the island that were not pulverized in the eruption contain maps and art all but proving that Santorini was the original site of Atlantis. As excavations continue, my belief is that it will be proven without a doubt. There are many amazing sites that you can access to learn more. I suggest an early springtime vacation to both Santorini and Crete, when the crowds are relatively tame, to immerse yourself in the incredible history of the civilization that once thrived there.
Except that Atlantis is a thought experiment that Plato made up to tell a story.
@@mambagr The archaeological evidence shows evidence for the Santorini Eruption Tsunami, a change in pottery style subsequently and the disappearance of the Minoan culture in the next 50 to 100 years. The palaces like Knossos were abandoned at much the same time. There are lots of good material on youtube if anyone is interested to look.
I just read the article about this yesterday and was about to suggest you make a video about it. Well I don't have to hahaha. Thanks man.
Very interesting and educational - Thank You very much!
Thank you for your concise and informative video. (Your narration has improved.)
The forces that our planet can unleash are terrifying and fascinating. Thanks, great presentation.
Thanks for covering this. I've read about it.
for the rest of the word :
250ft = 76m
400ft = 121m
700ft = 213m
750ft = 228m
I don't know the conversion in football field or elephant .... sorry
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We are discovering first hand about the effects of water being forced into high altitudes by Hunga Tonga, Just image the climate effects from the same circumstance, but 3 or 4 levels of magnitude in raw power.
The best book about the geologic history of Santorini is "Geological Society Memoir 19 Santorini Volcano by T. H. Druitt et al.". It's a bit old now, published in 1999 I think, but it gives a chapter and verse account of the geology and geologic history of Santorini.
My lecturers did a wonderful paper and seminar a few years back but still quite fresh. The paper is called "Eruptive activity of Santorini controlled by sea level" To which it is a fascinating observation that sea level could dictate eruptive functions.
Thanks to science we are now understanding that Europe is not the long suspected geological paradise relatively free of larger seismic and volcanic threats. With the Campi Flegrei, Lake Laach and Santorini, there are now at least 3 known potential supervolcanoes here. Similarly as with other rare threats like asteroids, it is better to be at least generally aware than being caught completely off-guard.
Santorini isn’t a super volcano
Thanks for the video. I just read parts of the paper and it said the 90 cubic km of pyroclastic flow tuff was six times the corresponding amount from the Minoan eruption. Could that mean the total volume from this eruption was significantly larger than the Minoan eruption?
How do you calculate that it was 750 ft below the surface? If we don't know where the vent is?
Thanks.
You can walk across that cone in the middle of the lagoon, but it will always be higher than 100d Farenheit and it stinks of Sulphur.
It has also been speculated that the most recent Santorini event triggered the legendary "biblical plagues" of ancient Egypt, those because of the timelines, this has been met with controversy and dismissal by most historical scholars.
It doesn't fit. It is off by 200 years.
@@Roarmeister2 As I said, generically.
@@Roarmeister2 Part of the problem is that not all historical records line up perfectly. As pointed out above, the Egyptians used a lunar calendar while the Greeks used a Solar calendar. And even the carbon dating of the Thera eruption is only a close estimate, not a hard date indicator. 200 years is in the margin of error for Carbon dating.
Good video as always, though a quick nitpick from an archaeologist, it's actually a common misconception that the Minoan eruption ended the Minoan culture, it certainly destroyed everything on Santorini and had a major impact on Crete, but many od the most iconic Minoan sites actually had their heyday after the eruption
Wow…. I can’t even imagine the power of an eruption like that 😮
How many super volcanoes were active in the same Era of high volcanic activity?
I don't think I can even begin to comprehend the abject terror that this unhinged behemoth unleashed.
Viendo la forma de la caldera, pudo haber sido mas ruidosa que el krakatoa.
This Eruption of this Greek Island of Thera, produced the Tsunami that also hit Egypt during what is known as The Exodus of the Hebrews, and the Tempest Stela of Ahmose 1.
I've seen a.video that suggests the parting of the Red Sea was.due to these eruptions. In the Nile Delta is an are called Reed Sea as the waves approched the tide went out and the the people were able to cross the shallow water then the Egyptian army were swamped by the tidal waves. Not sure how true this is.but it makes a great story.
The 1600bce eruption coincides with the biblical story of the exodus. It is known that the hebrews were living in the nile delta at that time so effects of a catastrophic eruption of such a magnitude would chime with the "religiousified" folk memory of the event.
I just invented a word. Splendid.
Santorini is essentially like a nuclear bomb just sitting on the bottom of the Mediterranean! Hopefully it doesn't explode catastrophically again in our lifetime. It's also been suggested that several of the biblical plagues in Egypt mentioned in the Book of Exodus may have been either a direct or indirect result of this cataclysmic eruption.
As I was scanning on maps for get a better geographical understanding of the Middle East, I noticed in the Yemeni city of Aden there is what looks like a caldera. Maybe it’s worth a video?
Does this affect Northern Africa? Perhaps sloshing all the way to the Atlantic?
Is this the Minoan eruption, or the one predating it?
Minoan eruption
Considering he said over 500,000 years ago, I’d say it predates the Minoans quite a bit
@@Vesuviusiskingthis one is not that. He’s talking about one much older than those.
The reason that matters is that it suggests they system goes through phases of catastrophic eruptive activity, rather than having just have one sequence in antiquity.
Watch video and you will know, it was much earlier
@@luciferrises4656I’m sorry about my comment
I often holiday in Crete, and stay right on the sea edge. I’d often thought how screwed I am if a large quake occurred and caused a Tsunami to strike. But it’s not only a quake that could cause a tsunami to strike Crete!! Oh well, if I have a Mythos and Gyros I’ll be happy enough!! 😅
A question: You mention that the tsunami struck Crete. Is there any evidence that it also impacted Egypt's Nile Delta? After all, there is a wide opening between Crete and Karpathos -- exposing a direct line of sight.
Biblical and archeological evidence would suggest that many, if not all, of the catastrophic events that define a line between history and pre-history were caused by the eruption of 3500 +/- years ago, and most probably set the emergence of modern western civilization back many centuries. The inundation of the Nile delta, subsequent urban and agricultural destruction, and years long climate alteration would certainly be included.
Question: since the Mediterranean Sea is currently closing, what will happen to all the volcanoes in it?
There were volcanos along the subduction zone between the Indian sub-continent and Central Asia.
To think there was a 400 feet tsunami wave (0:22) and no one to surf it. One of the great tragedies of history.
Whatever happens, we will adapt. We have to!
That was some megs blast !!!
How did that eruption affect the North African coast?
Quite possibly the culprit for the Atlantis story. Or the destruction of remnants of the original Atlantisian civilization. Either way these events would be widely known and remembered for thousands of years.
I read some of the early works of Professor A.G. Galanopoulos. They present a compelling case when considering the historical roots of the Atlantian mythos.
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I heard about this 42 years ago
Wouldn't such an eruption leave a distinct if not prominent signature in sediments and ice around the world?
As if they didn't have ENOUGH to worry about in that region. 🙄
Its entirely plausible that we have a major eruption in the m modern era in the Med.
How recently discovered? This information has been online for a pretty good while. Oh, and the Richat Structure was Atlantis.
Wow, could this eruption have caused the Bronze Age Collapse?
Santorini is a release valve for the Anatolian Plate.....😎 tick tock.
is this the one that destroyed Crete and the Minoans
That picture of all the buildings on the cliff gives me the heebee jebees. I mean why would they do that.
Why not?? They have no memory of the massive eruption that destroyed Santorini and they feel it is too distant in the past to be concerned with. Besides that there are many more recent eruptions which decimated the local community only to be repopulated in following years. Vesuvius in 79 AD, Le Flegri 1538, Tanbora 1815, Pelee 1902 and there are many more.
Recently discovered? Seriously? How long is “recently”?
Except the facts were published about 25 years ago.
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I could not count those hearts from left to right...but when I tried to count them from right to left, I succeeded....
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An advanced civilization that literally fell into the sea. That sounds more like Atlantis than anything else I’ve heard.
And Numenor.
Even in current day if a coastal civilization had everything 700 meters close to the sea completely erased from under the sun it would be a cataclysmic era defining moment.
@@whiteknightcat Tolkien may have based Numenor on Plato's musings.
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It also influenced the Exodus myth and the cause of the plagues which are provable: Nile red waters due to iron expelled, the parting of shallow waters before tsunamis, the skies turning pitch black, acid rains causing cattle to die and wounds on people, frogs to depart from iron poisoned waters, pestilence from all the dead around...A clear pattern, which you don´t have with... Atlantis. Its is convenient to not talk about cults anyway, they want people stupid and tamed by... "faith".
Calling the Minoans "the most advanced bronce age culture" is inaccurate, you could maybe say most advanced **European** bronce age culture, since putting bronce age cultures between Greece and the Near East above one another is not really accurate, while European bronce age cultures outside the Balkans had a more humble level of development.
I will agree with you on principle. Bronze Age culture in China was pretty advanced as well.
did he just said cliff feces?
I think the Atlantis story was more likely to be about the collapse of the Azores Plateau which happened 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.
It's a far better fit for the story than the Santorini eruption.
Santorini is easier because it would have been much closer to when Plato was writing. The further back in time, the easier to forget.
@@absalomdraconis reread the original text.
It's not Plato's story, it's his uncle Solon who is told the story by the Egyptian priests
Santorini is not beyond the Pillars of Hercules (straits of gibraltar)
@@CS-zn6pp There are actually TWO Pillars of Hercules. Gilbralter is the newer one, but the older one in the Agena has a North-South orientation.
Does BP mean before Popeye ?
It's a bit hard to understand when they use this weird voice and cut off words
Your voice is getting stranger. It’s like a human voice imitating an A.I. voice imitating a human voice.
It's a voice that stands out, but the poor guy might be that way due to a speech impediment from birth :(
If he somehow ends up reading this, he should know that his efforts are sincerely appreciated on top of being valued due to his expertise.
Recently discovered?! LOL.
Destruction on a Biblical scale.
Funny you should use that term. Film maker Simcha Jacobovici has speculated in his 2005 documentary The Exodus Decoded that the most recent Santorini event triggered the legendary "biblical plagues" of ancient Egypt. Because of conflicting timelines, and the fact he has no training in archeology, this has been met with controversy and dismissal by most historical scholars.
@@samsonsoturian6013 I watched the documentary when it first came out. His ideas do have merit, it's a shame though that he played fast and loose with the time frame to get his ideas to fit. If there was ever a way to synch everything up, he might have something, but too much has already been established already ... except the Exodus legend. Scholars today STILL don't agree on when it occurred, but I believe they universally agree it didn't line up with Jacobovici's "compromise" date.
@@whiteknightcat I agree he was loose with the dates. And I don't think it was Ahmose I. I still go with it being during Rasmus the Great with Akhenaten (King Tut's father) being the Pharaoh that Joseph served. That doesn't disqualify Therea from being the culprit of the Plagues of Egypt, but it does require historians to recalibrate dates and recording of events if we are to operate on those assumptions.
This is all wrong. Check your facts.
interesting .. but it might have been more gripping it you had you pet dog narrate the clip . the second mos boring narration in history
I definitely don’t think Santorini VEI-7 eruption inspired the myth of Atlantis. In my opinion Atlantis was near the Canary Islands of the Azores.and one of those volcanic islands had a massive landslide that caused a tsunami and it wiped out Atlantis.
Thank you :) i didn't wanna leave a mean comment, above, askin if someone's been listening to Jimmy
It's not clear if the Ancient Greeks ever even really knew of the Canary Islands, and they certainly didn't know of the Azores. The myth was likely partially inspired by the Minoans and placed in the Atlantic because by that time the Greek had some knowledge of most of the Mediterranean but knew little beyond Gibraltar.
The stories were passed on to the Greeks. The story got retold & embellished. I'm faaar from saying "definitely the Azores" but until things are proven, it's all theory and speculation
@@twyztidbro3929 Easy to say, impossible to prove. The Minoan greek culture is the oldest known Mediterranean civilisation (currently).
@@nickbrough8335 (sigh) and it's known that the story of Atlantis is older than the Greek/Minoan civilizations. It was retold during ancient Greek times. Some say it's an allegory. Some say it's a legend from thousands of yrs before the Mediterranean cultures. Around the time of the yunger-dryas event. Either way..still just speculation, on everyones part, until it's proven. It's not a debate. It's just opinions everyone has.
THIS IS NOT "recently discovered." There is also speculation about how the Plagues of Egypt of the Exodes were similar to the aftermath of volcanic eruption.
This video mentions the massive Santorini eruption, but the focus of the video was indeed on a recent study that uncovered an eruption just as big as the one that destroyed the Minoan culture that occurred over 500,000 years ago. The description of that eruption begins at 1:15.
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Why you ignorant people confuse Santorini with Atlantis i ll never know.. Totally unrelated cases, history and factswise.
Well, by your well crafted post it's obvious that you're the smartest man in the world. Please accept my sincere apologies for engaging in thought and inquiry.
Atlantis, myth ??? Do a dive on "the eye of the Sahara"...
He has: ruclips.net/video/vf5gk3Zw208/видео.htmlsi=cQ-h-4zmsfI1mgMM
The only thing the Eye of Sahara has in common with Atlantis is that both are round. Otherwise it is in the wrong place, of wrong size, and of the wrong age, and anyway Atlantis was an allegory not meant to be taken literally.
@@svennoren9047 Allegory or myth based on a folk tale based memory.
@@samsonsoturian6013 Two of Plato's dialogues, _Timeaus_ and _Critias,_ claim to quote Solon, who is said to have learned about Atlantis at the temple of Neith in Egypt. The location is given as "a distant point in the Atlantic ocean", no more exact than that. Also, the island is claimed to be larger than Libya and Asia together.
Have you even read Plato?
LOL... 'recently discovered'.... that MEGA-BLAST has been known about for centuries, actually.
About 30 years ago, I was researching the history of the eastern mediterranean (history & myth freak, was trying to link bits from Greek myth with known disasters in history/archaeology - I have a chart, in fact) and found a book on 'finding ATLANTIS' (which discussed the eruption of the island now known as Santorini, and the hypothesis that the early Greek/Minoan civilization was the 'Atlantis' that was swallowed by the sea). This took place ca. 1635 =/-50yrs and the blast vaporized 5 cubic MILES of rock from the center of the island originally known as Kalliste ('the fair one' -- after the eruption, it became known as 'Thera', 'the beast'... until the 12th century, when the "Santorini" first appears in the work of the Muslim geographer al-Idrisi, as "Santurin", from the island's patron saint, Saint Irene of Thessalonica.
The book about the search for a Mediterranean Atlantis noted that tidal waves hit over 100' on another of the Greek isles, and that effects would have reached the coast of Palestine and the northern mouth of the Nile; any coastal cities within the eastern Med would have been hit by tidal waves, and low-lying islands would have been washed clean of anything living. The blast wave would have obliterated anything within 500 miles of the island.
Now just imagine... re-date that eruption to about 1258BCE (again, =/-50yrs) by removing the extra ~475yrs in the Egyptian chronology due to the academic insistence that the Egyptian dynasties were linear and none co-existed at any time (disproved by the Third Intermediate Period, during which period multiple dynasties co-existed in northern Egypt), then this eruption could account for the Bronze Age collapse.
Check the map at: Map of Aegean Sea with islands - Ontheworldmapcom
"THIRA" is shown at the midcenter of the long leg of a triangle comprised of Kythera, Krete, and Rhodes. Now check what damage those 3 islands incurred from the eruption.
So what
What’s the point of this comment?
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Knowledge and thought are cool, gary. If God wanted us to be idiots he would have made us all like you.
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There is no God...and no reason to insult others for the sake of it.
why the weird voice?