Texts, Storms, and the Thera Eruption

@article{Foster1996TextsSA,
  title={Texts, Storms, and the Thera Eruption},
  author={Karen Polinger Foster and Robert Kriech Ritner and Benjamin R. Foster},
  journal={Journal of Near Eastern Studies},
  year={1996},
  volume={55},
  pages={1 - 14}
}
L'auteur du present texte propose sa contribution aux discussions sur la datation absolue de l'eruption du volcan de Thera (Santorin), ceci en presentant un texte egyptien de la 18e dynastie ou sont enregistres les effets de ce cataclysme. 
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