HI121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gaston Maspero, Plinian Eruption, Euhemerism
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What can ancient myths tell us about ancient history. What potential risks of using mythology as a source. New forms of scientific dating shows eruption 100 prior to original date. Eruptions and implications for egyptian chronology: 18th dynasty. Eruption of tamboura: 1815 year without summer, precursor earthquakes, plinian eruptions, pyroclastic flows + tsunamis, lasted 4 days. Buried civilizations: therasia (1867, akrotiri 1870, excavation started in 1967, spyridon marinatos. Ash falls + earthquakes took them out. Sudden events do not necessarily have sudden causes . Plato tells story of atlantis in dialogues. Was at war with athens: destroyed by earthquakes. Oral tradition solon and the priest. Book of exodus: out by 50 years. Late bronze age collapse first dark age. Around 1200 bce collapse worst disaster in ancient history: mycenaean greece - disappeared, hittite empire collapse, new kingdom of egypt, syria an the levant.
