The Biblical Exodus has been linked by some with the time of destruction of Atlantis. J. G. Bennett has firmly identified the 2nd millennium eruption of Thera with the destruction of Atlantis and in turn the effect of the volcanic fallout on the Egyptian nation generating the ‘Plagues of Egypt’ recorded in Exodus. Emilio Spedicato links the Exodus with the explosion of Phaëton in 1447 BC, without any reference to the destruction of Atlantis, which, based on Plato’s text, he associates with a much earlier catastrophe.
