The ancient civilization of the Maya was destroyed almost by a volcanic eruption

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The international group of scientists established that the volcanic eruption which has happened in 431 of our era became the reason of almost total disappearance of an ancient civilization of the Maya. Researchers analysed ice from Greenland and the charred remains of a tree found in deposits of ashes of a volcano of Ilopanga, whose eruption almost became the fatal Maya for the people. Results showed that this accident was one of the most powerful eruptions...