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INPRIMATU
Berenize was emptied by a volcano
  • a.C. Around 209, archaeological remains indicate that Berenize, one of the main commercial ports of the Red Sea, was abandoned and repopulated years later.
Nagore Irazustabarrena Uranga @irazustabarrena 2021eko abenduaren 17a
(arg.: S.E. Sidebotham)
(arg.: S.E. Sidebotham)

Recently, Marek Wood and James A. Geologists Harrell conclude that this was due to a volcano. But around Bereniz there are no volcanoes. According to the journal Antiquity, the Berenize drain was caused by a severe drought, caused by a sudden climate change and a eruption on the other side of the planet.

Geologists don't know exactly which volcano exploded, but they've identified four major candidates in Mexico, Martinique and Japan.