03-14-2008, 11:37 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the Thera Eruption hypothesis, Jona....the links between the event and the fall of Cretan civilisation are not so immediate as was once thought, but it did strike a blow that apparently kicked off Minoan decline ( there is archeological evidence and support among historians for this).
Nor is it unlikely that memories of this event would echo down the ages in legends like the Atlantis one, or Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.....
We cannot say for sure, the evidence being so slender, but the possibility is most certainly there.....
Nor is it unlikely that memories of this event would echo down the ages in legends like the Atlantis one, or Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.....
We cannot say for sure, the evidence being so slender, but the possibility is most certainly there.....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
