- North America
Joya de Ceren buried by ash
An eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano seals the Maya farming village of Joya de Ceren under volcanic ash, preserving the daily life of ordinary agriculturalists in extraordinary detail.
Era: The Pipil, the Maya, and the Land of the Jewel
Sources: Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Catastrophe in the 7th century
One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 7th century, tagged catastrophe — plague, famine, earthquake and other disasters. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 1
- Nations
- 1
- Earliest
- 600
- Latest
- 600
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.