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Source: sciencefocus.com SUPERVOLCANOES are like the supervillains of the geologic world, as stories of their looming threat grow ever more exaggerated. Though massive eruptions do pose real dangers, misconceptions about them abound. Supervolcanoes are the most violent and complex class of volcanoes. But despite their destructive capabilities, They can also make way for life renewed. Around 20 supervolcanoes scattered across the planet. They are usually characterized as large depressions in the ground, called calderas, located above multiple openings in the Earth's crust. In terms of eruptions, supervolcanoes explode at a magnitude of eight, the highest and most violemt classification on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI). Supervolcanoes undergo a life cycle of three major stages: a surge of trapped magma, a supereruption and a resurgence 1. Surge of Magma: The first stage of a supervolcano's life cycle involves a pocket of magma trapped under the Earth's crust. Magma i...

The ancient Egypt civilization lasted for over 3,000 years and became one of the most powerful and iconic civilizations in history. At its height ancient Egypt's Empire stretched as far north as modern day Syria and as far south as today's Sudan. But long before it was an empire. Ancient Egypt was a series of small independent city states that bloomed along North Africa's Nile River. The city states were divided into two regions and named according to the flow of the Nile. Upper Egypt in the south which was upstream and lower Egypt in the north which was downstream. By about 3,100 BC the two halves divided thereby creating one Egyptian state that lasted for millennia. The reign of the civilization can be divided into three major periods of prosperity, called the Old Middle and New Kingdoms and two periods of instability in between, called the First and Second intermediate periods. Egyptian Pharaoh Source: livescience.com Guiding the Egyptian people was a succession of about...