
Etna
http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/1
0/101007092826-large.jpg
Vesuvius
http://jamestabor.com/2013/10/09/thedestruction-of-pompei-and-the-new-testamentbook-of-revelation/mount-vesuvius-eruptionpompeii/
Thera
http://s3.hubimg.com/u/1819978_f520.jp
g
Mount Etna is a composite volcano, located on the North - Eastern edge of
Sicily. She is Europe’s tallest active volcano rising more than eleven thousand
feet above sea level. There are many towns and villages surrounding Etna, the
largest being Catania. Etna has been spewing lava for thousands of years, the
first recorded eruption occurring in 475BCE. The most famous and disastrous
eruption being on March 8, 1669.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/collections/mount_etna
- In Greek Mythology, Mount Etna is the site of Hephestus and the Cyclops
workshop.
-The year 396BC Etna erupted so violently that it stopped an advancing
Carthaginian army from taking the town, saving the Greeks.
-- With the eruption in 122BC, so much ash fell onto the city of Catania that the
ruling Romans granted the city a tax break until the city could recover.
http://sicilyapartments.altervista.org/images/vulcano-etna.jpg
On this day Mount Etna began its most infamous eruption. For three days Etna rumbled and
threw ash high into the air. The local residents in Catania refused to leave their homes hoping
to withstand the eruption. When enormous quantities of lava started flowing towards
Catania there were several attempts by the citizens to stop or change the direction of the flow.
All attempts failed and yet twenty thousand people still remained in the city, hoping that the
lava would either stop or the cities defensive walls would be able to halt the flow, neither was
the case. It took weeks for the lava to reach Catania but once it did all was destroyed. It is
estimated over eighteen thousand of the remaining citizens perished.
http://chinadailymail.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/mar-08-mtetna.jpg?w=750
Mount Vesuvius, located on the South-Western part of Italy, is most famous
for its eruption in 79AD which caused the destruction of Pompeii. Vesuvius
stands over 4,200ft above sea level and was formed due to the African plate
suducting to the Eurasian plate.
http://archive.longislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mountvesuvius-1wi7r8u.jpg
http://www.avoir-alire.com/IMG/jpg/pompeii.jpg
The eruption in 79AD is one of the most infamous in the world. During the
eruption a super heated wall of volcanic mud and gases engulfed the city of
Pompeii. Most citizens were killed instantly as the superheated air burned
their lungs. This left them in a still position and when the ash settled it laid
like a blanket over the city. Because of this many people and objects have been
almost perfectly preserved.
http://3.bp.blogspot
.com/_oNs54jrvYBc
/TC7_3sbghrI/AAA
AAAAAAIs/2jtpkW
Zn40A/s1600/IMG_
2129.jpg

While Pompeii was not destroyed, it was completely covered in volcanic ash. After the
catastrophe Pompeii was eventually forgotten until 1748 when exploration of the ancient site
began. Excavation has been an ongoing effort since that time. Headed by different nations
throughout history Pompeii has been a fascination for many because it gives us an almost
perfectly preserved window into the past. Many parts of Pompeii have yet to be uncovered
and are being saved for future generations.
http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/issue/wpcontent/uploads/2013/10/pompeiiexcavation.jpg
Thera erupted anywhere between 1645 BC to 1500 BC and has not erupted
since. However the eruption that did happen is considered to be the largest
ever witnessed by man. To put this into comparison, Krakatoa, which holds
the second largest eruption witnessed by man killed upwards of 40,00 people,
caused tsunamis over 40ft tall, and the blast was heard over 3,000 miles away.
Thera’s eruption was four or five times more powerful than krakatoa’s.
Exploding with the power of several hundred atomic bombs
In a fraction of a second.
http://www.factfictionandconjecture.ca/images/thera
_location_map.jpg
http://www.tigtail.org/L_View/TIG/T
VM/E/Ancient/Greek/Greektour/thera/thera_map-big.PNG
Not only was the eruption at Thera one of the most powerful but it was also one of the
most influential. The ancient Minoan civilization used to be the dominant force in the
Mediterranean. The eruption of Thera however, completely wiped this civilization off
the map. The explosion destroyed the town that rested on Thera but almost all of the
coastal cities or towns within the vicinity were wiped out due to tsunamis or
earthquakes. After this all archeological records of the Minoans stop, and we see the
rise of the ancient Greeks.
http://www.minoanatlantis.com/pix/Minoan_Knossos_Palace_Reconstructi
on_1.jpg

“Afterward there occurred violent earthquakes and…floods and in a single day and night of
misfortune all your warlike men sank into the earth and the island of Atlantis in like manner,
disappeared in the depths of the sea” –Plato
Thera has also been speculated as the source for other
Myths such as the biblical story of moses and exodus from
Egypt and the great plagues of Egypt described in the Old
Testament.

http://i.cdnsurfline.com/forecasters/blog/2012/10_oct/1
02412_1.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/collections/mount_etna
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mount-etna-erupts
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/history-mount-etna-100371.html
http://www.livescience.com/4846-eruption-thera-changed-world.html