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February 28, 2006—Sulphuric gases rise from the crater of Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia.

Scientists say they have discovered the remains of the tiny "kingdom" of Tambora, a nearby settlement thought to have been wiped out by an enormous eruption of the volcano in 1815.

Archaeologists discovered the remnants of the village in 2004 under ten feet (three meters) of volcanic ash. The find included the ruins of a house, the remains of two adults, and several artifacts, offering the first clues about this lost culture.

The eruption of Tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption in human history and resulted in a period of global cooling the following year that became known as the year without a summer.

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