Interestingly enough, according to the Byzantine historian, Procopius, the sky was filled with ash for over a year after the volcano had erupted. Even in places as far away as the Byzantine Empire.
Procopius writes, “The sun gave forth its light without brightness, and it seemed exceedingly like the sun in eclipse, for the beams it shed were not clear.” After analyzing the eruption using modern science, the volcano is considered to be one of the most severe and destructive volcanoes in all of history.
The Eruption Led To Climate Change
Researches tell us that the devastation of this natural disaster was large enough to immediately affect a large portion of the world, but also sparked climate change in the following years. It is believed that in Denmark, there would have been poor summers and failed harvests, making it extremely difficult to survive during those times.
Various Roman sources describe the sun as dark during the day and, according to the 6th century Syriac Chronicle, there was “great despair among the people.” This could have led to the offering of the gold for better harvests and survival of their people.
The Artifacts Can Be Seen In A Museum
Today, Terese Refsgaard’s findings are still studied frequently by archaeologists and researchers. People come from all over the world with the hopes of getting a chance to look at this amazing discovery with their own eyes and study it themselves.
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