Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Xeste 3 Fresco 17th C. BCE

"In 1646 BC a massive volcanic eruption, perhaps one of the largest ever witnessed by mankind, took place at Thera (present day Santorini), an island in the Aegean not far from Crete. The explosion, estimated to be about the equivalent of 40 atomic bombs or approximately 100 times more powerful than the eruption at Pompeii, blew out the interior of the island and forever altered its topography. Possibly as many as 20,000 people were killed as a result of the volcanic explosion. Just as happened at Pompeii centuries later, a settlement on Thera known as the town of Akrotiri was buried under a thick blanket of ash and pumice."

-taken from historymuseum.ca link below

Minoan Thera Wallpainting Exhibition: Xeste 3 Fresco 17th C. BCE

Source:

https://hellenictheologyandplatonicphilosophy.wordpress.com/%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BF-%CE%B6%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD/%CE%B8%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B1-%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE-3/

 

Quote:

https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/greece/gr1040e.html