• Atlantis – The Destruction of Thira and Crete? - Could the Atlantis legend have been based on the explosion of the island Thira and the destruction of the Minoan culture on the neighboring island of Crete around 1470 BC? (Hits: 1721 Rating: 6.09 Votes: 11) Rate It

• Barringer Meteorite Crater - Story of the crater in the Arizona desert that was created about 50,000 years ago by a 300,000 ton meteorite. (Hits: 1545 Rating: 6.71 Votes: 7) Rate It

• Evidence for the Meteor Impact Which Killed the Dinosaurs - The Chicxulub impact crater in Mexico’s northern Yucatan is considered to have been created by a ten kilometer wide asteroid 65 million years ago, leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs. (Hits: 1306 Rating: 7.50 Votes: 4) Rate It

• Krakatoa Explosion - On August 26, 1883, the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia exploded, destroying three quarters of its body, releasing more than seven times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb and creating a Tsunami nearly 40 meters in height that killed more than 36,000 people. (Hits: 2050 Rating: 7.80 Votes: 10) Rate It

• Lost Continent of Atlantis - Theories about the disappearance of an entire continent and culture, one of the most intriguing disaster stories of all time. (Hits: 1051 Rating: 4.00 Votes: 3) Rate It

• Planets Nearly Collide Within Human Memory - Offers a description and possible explanations of catastrophic events portrayed in universal human mythology. (Hits: 886 Rating: 4.67 Votes: 3) Rate It

• Siberia Explosion, 1908 - Provides a reconstruction of the catastrophic asteroid impact from eyewitness accounts. (Hits: 1505 Rating: 7.67 Votes: 3) Rate It

• Sodom and Gomorrah - An article from the New York Times headlined “Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot’s Wife”. Outlines the use of modern geological perspectives to identify the origins of an ancient story. (Hits: 766 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 5) Rate It

• Sodom and Gomorrah Rediscovered - Offers a description and photos of archaeological research seemingly confirming the ancient biblical story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (Hits: 792 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 5) Rate It

• The Great Flood - Mesopotamian tradition of the Great Flood and the findings of C. Leonard Woolley on his excavations at Ur. (Hits: 964 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 3) Rate It

• The Great Siberian Explosion - Description, with possible explanations, of the 1908 Tunguska catastrophic explosion. (Hits: 728 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 2) Rate It

• Tunguska Explosion - Narrative with photos about the 1908 Siberian explosion that leveled forests and threw humans in the air. Comparisons are made with other meteorite blasts. (Hits: 923 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Tunguska – Cosmic Mystery of the Century - Information and photos about the 1908 Siberian catastrophic explosion. (Hits: 801 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Vesuvius Eruption Destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum (79 AD) - Offers information and photos about the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in Roman times. (Hits: 1019 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 4) Rate It

Atlantis: Insights from a Lost Civilization