Journal article
The tsunami of 13 December A.D. 115 and the destruction of Herod the Great's harbor at Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Abstract
Underwater geoarchaeological excavations on the shallow shelf (∼10 m depth) at Caesarea, Israel, have documented a tsunami that struck and damaged the ancient harbor at Caesarea. Talmudic sources record a tsunami that struck on 13 December A.D. 115, impacting Caesarea and Yavne. The tsunami was probably triggered by an earthquake that destroyed Antioch, and was generated somewhere on the Cyprian Arc fault system. The tsunami deposit consisted …
Authors
Reinhardt EG; Goodman BN; Boyce JI; Lopez G; van Hengstum P; Rink WJ; Mart Y; Raban A
Journal
Geology, Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 1061–1064
Publisher
Geological Society of America
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.1130/g22780a.1
ISSN
0091-7613