Ancient quake sliced crusader castle.Around dawn on May 20, 1202, a powerful earthquake cut though a crusader castle overlooking the Jordan River Jordan River River, Middle East. It rises on the Syria-Lebanon border, flows through Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), and then receives its main tributary, the Yarmuk River. in what is now Israel, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a team of geologists and archaeologists Archaeology is a discipline that was virtually unknown until the 19th century. Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure. . The researchers gleaned such a precise description of the damage by studying historical accounts and the disturbed sediments near the castle, called Vadum Jacob. The walls of Vadum Jacob sit directly atop a major fault in Earth's crust, making them ideal recorders of ground movement, according to Ronnie Ellenblum of Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish university and is noted for its work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. in Jerusalem and his colleagues. The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6, shifted the walls by 1.6 meters, the researchers report in the April GEOLOGY. |
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