Scientists find proof of ancient tsunamis
Posted: November 8, 2009 at 5:01 a.m.
The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.
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