Fire and Ice: Exploding Comet May Have Destroyed Paleolithic Settlement
![The settlement of Abu Hureyra, in Syria, may have been destroyed 12,800 years ago because of a comet. Image credit-Jennifer Rice, CometResearchGroup.org Fire and Ice: Exploding Comet May Have Destroyed Paleolithic Settlement](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2020-04-10.jpg)
New analysis of materials from an archeological site in Syria suggests it may be the only human settlement we know about that was destroyed by pieces of an exploding comet. Abu Hureyra, an ancient mound site, is covered by the waters of Lake Assad, created when the Tabqa Dam was completed in 1974. In […]