On the island of Thera/Santorini in the Aegean was a massive volcano eruption. It is estimated that the eruption was four times larger than the eruption of Krakatoa. Radio carbon dating puts this event at around 1600-1630 BCE but pottery dating puts it around 1500-1530 BCE. Which is right? No one is positive but there is a disruption in the rings of trees in Europe and the Americas around 1627/1628 BCE which might be an indication of when this event actually occurred. The Minoan town of Akrotiri on an island near the eruption was buried under many meters of ash which preserved the town. Since no bodies are present it appears that there were enough smaller eruptions to warn people to evacuate before the main eruption.

(The Great Courses – The Origin of Civilization)