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Monday, June 1, 2009

Ancient Mediterranean tsunami

Around 8,000 years ago an avalanche occuring on Mt. Etna in Sicily sent a massive tsunami that spread across the Mediterranean Sea and destroyed the shores of three continents. It carried enough rock and sediment to cover the entire island of Manhattan in a layer of debris thicker than the Empire State Building is tall.

The tsunami is also linked with the emergency evacuation of Atlit-Yam, an ancient village on the coast of present-day Israel that is now entirely underwater. The rupture of the human skulls and bones that were found and the missing teeth suggest there was a powerful force that hit the town.

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