Egyptian pharaoh Ahmose. Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Researchers Nadine Moeller and Robert Ritner from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago翻譯社 believe the answer is yes. In their study翻譯社 which appears in the spring issue of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies翻譯社 the researchers explain that if the stela describe the aftermath of the Thera catastrophe, the correct dating of the stela and therefore Ahmose's reign, would be 30 to 50 years earlier than currently believed, a finding that could change scholars' understanding of a critical juncture in human history as Bronze Age empires realigned.
The Tempest Stela is a 6-foot-tall calcite block found in the 3rd Pylon of the temple of Karnak in Thebes翻譯社 modern Luxor. In a new translation of the 40-line inscription翻譯社 scholars affirm previous beliefs that its description of unusual weather patterns are consistent with the massive volcano eruption of Thera (Santorini). The implications could cause a revision in chronology翻譯社 particularly in relation to the reign of the pharaoh Ahmose翻譯社 the first pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.
The stela describes rain翻譯社 darkness and 'the sky being in storm without cessation翻譯社 louder than the cries of the masses.' The great storm is described as destroying tombs翻譯社 temples and pyramids in the Theban region and the work of restoration ordered by the king. The passages also describe bodies floating down the Nile like "skiffs of papyrus." Could this inscription be one of the world’s oldest weather reports and an eye-witness account of the volcanic eruption of Thera?
《大風暴石碑》的破譯可能會改寫古代的時候表
對錫拉火山爆發的刻畫
義大利國度委員會生物氣象形象研究所的氣候學與情景形象學家，瑪麗娜・巴爾迪一樣也和她的同事一路分析過了石碑上的記實，並將其與埃及的天色模式相較。
《大風暴石碑》是由雅赫摩斯一世豎立的，據信他的統治是從公元前1550年開始。 By April Holloway However, not everyone agrees with the conclusion of the study authors. Marina Baldi, a scientist in climatology and meteorology at the Institute of Biometeorology of the National Research Council in Italy翻譯社 analysed the information on the stela along with her colleagues and compared it to known weather patterns in Egypt. She believes the description could relate to the ‘Red Sea Trough’ weather pattern which, when disrupted, brings severe weather翻譯社 heavy rain翻譯社 and flash flooding. Other scholars翻譯社 such as Egyptologist Ian Shaw believes the stela is propaganda put out by the pharaoh to rationalise a man-made disaster. 《大風暴石碑》是一副出土於底比斯，即今盧克索的卡納克神殿第三塔門中的6英尺高方解石石碑，按照對這40行銘文的翻譯，學者們而今可以加倍確信，碑文所描述得異常氣候應當與錫拉（聖托里尼）火山的爆發有關翻譯這個發現意味著現有的年表可能要重新修訂，特別是關於雅赫摩斯一世，也就是第18王朝的第一名法老的統治期間。
"This is important to scholars of the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean, generally because the chronology that archaeologists use is based on the lists of Egyptian pharaohs, and this new information could adjust those dates翻譯社" said Moeller. http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/translation-tempest-stela-could-change-ancient-timeline-001520?nopaging=1 Featured image: A recreation of the Tempest Stela. Photo source. 
這副石碑描述了被降雨和陰郁所籠蓋的大地，還有“天空中永一直歇的風暴，其聲響要比人們的哭啼聲都還要響亮翻譯”憑據記錄，這場複雜的風暴摧毀了底比斯地區的葬墓，神殿還有金字塔，後來法老也敕令進行了修復工程。 “對學者來說，這在研究古代近東和地中海東部時有著很首要的影響，因為考古學家用來對比的年表平日都是法老名單，此刻這份新材料則可能會改變它們的年月，”莫勒說翻譯 The Tempest Stela was erected by King Ahmose I翻譯社 who is believed to have ruled from 1550 BC. His reign marked the beginning of the New Kingdom翻譯社 a time when Egypt’s power reached its height. 
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