| Minoan eruption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3214 words) |
 | According to the Bamboo Annals, the collapse of the dynasty and the rise of the Shang dynasty (independently approximated to 1618 BC) was accompanied by "'yellow fog, a dim sun, then three suns, frost in July, famine, and the withering of all five cereals". |
| 1479 BC according to the British chronology advocated by Gardiner, University College of London, et al, and that Ipuwer is issueing his report at some point immediately after the destruction of Egypt caused by this eruption. |
| Galanopoulos argue that the error in date and size could be caused by a mistranscription of the Ancient Egyptian or Mycenaean Linear B symbol for "hundred" as "thousand" (the former is unlikely because there would be little confusion in the visual appearance of hieroglyphic symbols of Egyptian numeric values). |
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