Waruno Mahdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:49:45 +0100From: Waruno Mahdi [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [AP] Scientists claim to find lost civilizationTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.syracuse.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-5/1141094372287660.xmlstorylist=nationalScientists claim to find lost civilization2/28/2006, 6:44 a.m. ETBy RAY HENRYThe Associated PressNARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - Scientists have found what they believeare traces of the lost Indonesian civilization of Tambora, whichwas wiped out in 1815 by the biggest volcanic eruption in recordedhistory.Mount Tambora's cataclysmic eruption on April 10, 1815, buried theinhabitants of Sumbawa Island under searing ash, gas and rock andis blamed for an estimated!
88,000
deaths. The eruption was at leastfour times more powerful than Mount Krakatoa's in 1883.Guided by ground-penetrating radar, U.S. and Indonesian researchersrecently dug in a gully where locals had found ceramics and bones.They unearthed the remains of a thatch house, pottery, bronze andthe carbonized bones of two people, all in a layer of sediment datingto the eruption.University of Rhode Island volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson, theleader of the expedition, estimated that 10,000 people lived in thetown when the volcano erupted in a blast that dwarfed the one thatburied the Roman town of Pompeii.The eruption shot 400 million tons of sulfuric gases into the atmosphere,causing global cooling and creating what historians call "The Year Withouta Summer." Farms in Maine suffered crop-killing frosts in June, July andAugust. In France and Germany, grape and corn crops died, or the harvestswere delayed.T!
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civilization on Sumbawa Island has intrigued researchers ever sinceDutch and British explorers visited in the early 1800s and were surprisedto hear a language that did not sound like any other spoken in Indonesia,Sigurdsson said. Some scholars believe the language more closely resembledthose spoken in Indochina. But not long after Westerners first encounteredTambora, the society was destroyed."The explosion wiped out the language. That's how big it was," Sigurdssonsaid. "But we're trying to get these people to speak again, by digging."Some of what the researchers found may suggest Tambora's inhabitants camefrom Indochina or had commercial ties with the region, Sigurdsson said.For example, ceramic pottery uncovered during the dig resembles that commonto Vietnam.John Miksic, an archaeologist at the National University of Singapore, hasseen video of the dig and said he believes Sigurdsson's team did find adwel!
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destroyed by the eruption.But he doubts the Tamborans were from Indochina or spoke a language fromthat area. If Vietnamese-style ceramics reached the island, it was probablythrough trade with intermediaries, Miksic said.During the dig, Sigurdsson's team found the charred skeleton of a woman whowas most likely in her kitchen. A metal machete and a melted glass bottlelay nearby. The remains of another person were found just outside what wasprobably the front door.The team included researchers from the University of North Carolina atWilmington and the Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology.-N.B.: Satu akibat lagi daripada letusan Tambora tahun 1815 itu, khususgara-gara cuaca musim panas 1816 di kawasan utara yang "bagaikanmusim dingin" itu: dua penyair Inggeris, Lord Byron dan PercyShelley, yang terakhir ini disertai isteri, Mary Sh!
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tengahberkumpul di dekat danau Jeniwa, Suiss, tapi sial, karena cuaca jelekterus, terpaksa mendekam di dalam rumah. Untuk mengisi waktu, merekamemutuskan masing-masing menulis cerita horor. Cerita yang dikarangoleh Mary Shelley kemudian dilengkapkan sebagai roman yang diterbitkandengan nama: FRANKENSTEIN. Entah berapa di antara Anda pernah membacanya,yang pasti, semua pernah nonton filemnya lebih dari sekali.Yah begitulah akibat cetusan Tambora yang berkali-kali lebih dahsyatdaripada letusan Krakatau: selain puluhan ribu orang korban mati,masih pula mengakibatkan sebuah cerita horor yang mengelilingi dunia.Salam to you all, Waruno This msg has been sent through FiOS (super speed fiber !
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