[blam]

"I think it rather likely that the area-wide 'apocalypse' around 2300bce, the event that ended these civs, was actually the eruption/explosion of Thera."

The Thera/Akatori/Santorini explosion has been dated to 1628 BC. (tree rings/ice core/other) Some, including myself, think this is/was the Exodus period.

[Dominic Harr]

The Thera/Akatori/Santorini explosion has been dated to 1628 BC. (tree rings/ice core/other).

I've seen dates ranging from 2300 to 1500 also.

But I believe all these dates are subject to the same 'guesswork', and that the odds are that they still all relate to the same group of events.

I would also agree that the Thera event is almost certainly linked to the exodus story.