Sentences with phrase «under volcanic ash»

We visit the prehistoric Akrotiri — a Bronze Age settlement destroyed by a huge eruption in the 17th century BC, buried under the volcanic ash, preserving the whole city.
Archaeological excavations of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy unearthed perfume - making equipment that had been preserved under volcanic ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, an eruption which devastated the area.
TKF: Ah yes, the Roman town, and its residents, who were completely buried under volcanic ash.

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Archeologists uncovered the tool underneath eight inches under a layer of volcanic ash that dates back to the eruption of Mount St. Helens 15,800 years ago.
Sign up here and start meeting Atlanta singles today!The trouble with living in such a big city is that finding that one - in - a-million person who's just right for you can seem tricky.Only in the 70s the radiocarbon dating method determined the age of a throne found buried under the ash: the eruption should have happened in the 1456 BC.Infact this date matches with a hypothesis made by the greek geologist Angelo Galanopulos who analized some episodes of the Bible (The Three Days of Darkness, The Earthquakes, The Parting of the Red Sea) and came to the conclusion that around the 1456 BC a big volcanic eruption interested the Eastern Mediterranean.
One of Italy's most famous destinations, Pompeii was an ancient Roman city destroyed at the hands of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and buried and preserved under 4 to 6 metres of volcanic ashes.
In the fall of 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering Pompeii with 82 feet of volcanic ash in just under six hours.
Resulting volcanic ash clouds will be considered a covered reason due to weather and a loss due to the physical eruption of a volcano will be considered a covered reason under natural disaster.
Resulting volcanic ash clouds will be considered a covered reason due to weather and loss due to the physical eruption of a volcano will be considered a covered reason under natural disaster.
According to National Air Traffic Services (NATS), volcanic ash emitting from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland has caused a significant number of flight cancellations and travel delays across Europe.
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