Medical papyri describe the effects of the Santorini eruption on human health, and date the eruption to August 1603–March 1601 BC

SI Trevisanato - Medical hypotheses, 2007 - Elsevier
Egyptian medical papyri date the Santorini eruption, and reconcile the hitherto perceived
dichotomy between archaeological/historical and scientific data. The medical documentation
describes ailments, which can only have arisen from a volcanic source: ash fallout, rain
acidified by ash, and a plume. Furthermore, the Egypt described by the medical texts
matches the one in the series of so-called biblical plagues. This match in turn provides the
length of time, 19 months, between the initial and final phases of the eruption, each phase …
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