On the morning of July 21, A.D. 365, a colossal earthquake hit the eastern Mediterranean and destroyed much of the ancient world, hitting the Cypriot city of Kourion especially hard. It remained under tons of rubble for two millennia. This book chronicles Soren's and his team's excavations and reconstruction of this city as well as details of the earthquake, which took place just as Christianity was becoming established and may have played a part in the end of Roman civilization.--From publisher description.