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    Undersea volcanism as the cause of ‘year of darkness’ and upheaval period from 536 – 555 A.D.

    ByJulie Celestial Thursday, December 19, 2019Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    Researchers presented underwater volcanism as a new interpretation of why the sky mysteriously went dark for over a year beginning 536 A.D., with some parts of Europe and Asia seeing the Sun for only about four hours a day and accounts saying the Sun gave no more…

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