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The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects

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Evidence roles describe what this source helps establish inside each Investigation. They are local to that use, not permanent labels attached to the publication itself.

Investigation

Did the Exodus occur during a global astronomical catastrophe?

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2025 Egyptian object radiocarbon analysis suggests Thera predates Ahmose; one pure-straw Ahmose brick subsample measured 3230 ± 60 BP; historical and calibration limits do not establish Exodus or cosmic cause.

Per-source study access and uncertainty documented in B09 R02–R03; not independent direct verification of the overarching historical event.

Investigation

Were the plagues of Egypt caused by a cosmic catastrophe?

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A 2025 original Egyptian museum radiocarbon study favors Thera before Ahmose but cannot independently date or verify the ten biblical plagues or a cosmic trigger.

Radiocarbon source sampling or full primary tables require the explicit individual B09 R02 evidence-access qualification.

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