Darkness that was Felt: Nuclear Winter 536 A.D. and the Mystery Behind the Worst Year to be Alive
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward Heaven that there may be darkness over the land…even darkness which may be felt.” EXODUS 10: 21 KJV “The sun gave forth its light without any brightness, like the moon, during the whole year.” So goes the account, not from the Plagues of Egypt as recounted in the Biblical Book of Exodus , but from the personal correspondence of the famed 6th century Byzantine Historian Procopius. Procopius was the right hand man to the Emperor Justinian. He was the principal historian for all of Byzantium in the early middle ages, known for his erudition, learning and literary style. Today, Procopius is most famous for his work entitled History of the Wars which is a voluminous series of histories that deals primarily with Byzantium’s struggles against the neighboring Sassanid Persian Empire. When Procopius gave his account of the darkened sun he was writing specifically about the year 536 A.D. The year 5...