September
27
/ 2015
Two scientists from the University of Seville, Spain, are studying the miraculous biblical parting of the Red Sea as well as the route taken by Moses and the Jewish people during their exodus through the desert. According to their research, natural disasters associated with the volcanic explosion on the Mediterranean island of Santorini may have triggered tsunamis and inspired this biblical account. The Minoan eruption of Santorini, which occurred between the years 1639 -1616 BC, was one of the largest volcanic eruptions on the planet in the last 10,000 years. Undoubtedly it was one of the most significant natural phenomena occurring in the Aegean region during the Bronze Age, to the point that it caused climate change in the Eastern
