http://www.metafilter.com/tags/minoa Posts tagged with 'minoa' at MetaFilter. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:15:59 -0800 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:15:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60505/Minoa%2Ddestroyed%2Dby%2Dtidal%2Dwave%2D1500%2DBC Recent <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6568053.stm">scientific </a> <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/221209/has_the_mystery_of_atlantis_been_solved.html">evidence</a> suggests the Minoa civilization on Crete was wiped out by a massive tidal wave around 1,500 BC, the same time the Santorini volcano erupted, 70 km north of Crete, up to ten times more powerful than the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. "Perhaps we now have an explanation of [the Atlantis myth] - a folk memory of a real ancient civilisation swallowed by the sea." tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60505 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:15:59 -0800 crete minoa stbalbach