[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Well if the scientific results are confirmed, it means that the Egyptologists have mislaid a century in there somewhere, right?

[SunkenCiv]

The upshot is, the pushing back of the date of the supposed super-eruption means the Egyptian chronology -- which is already out of whack anyway, padded as it was by goofballs in the 19th century –- has to be stretched backward another 100-150 years, screwing up any synchronisms established between Egyptian chronology and other civs of the Near East and Med.

There was no super-eruption of Thera in historical times, or in late prehistoric times. The caldera is over a 100K years old. The only surviving ancient record of an eruption on Thera dates to about 200 BC, and Herodotus discusses the island at length, and never mentions it -- no doubt because he lived before 200 BC. :')

[Natural Law]

There is a similar redating required to align the Egyptian dynasties and physical history to the events of the Exodus too.