For those who do not know the Bible story, it is centred around Moses, who warned the Pharaoh to set the Hebrews free or there would be dire consequences. When the Pharaoh ignored the warning, God sent ten plagues upon Egypt to convince the Pharaoh to set the Hebrews free.
The biblical myth first describes the water as turning blood-red and then being followed by nine plagues that left Egypt in ruins.

Recent archaeological evidence has proven that this event actually happened!

The Ten Plagues began with a devastating volcanic eruption that occurred on the island of Santorini, off the coast of Greece. Because of the eruption, this is what happened…

Blood: The Nile became contaminated with sulfuric acid from the volcanic ash and it literally turned the river RED. It turned blood red, just like it’s described in the bible.

Frogs: As you would expect, the toxicity of the ash and the acidic substances caused all the frogs to flee the river. Who wants to swim in poisonous red water?

Lice: Lice are spread through insects who burrow eggs into the bodies of dead animals or humans. The transmission of lice to humans is very easy because they are very contagious.

Beasts: When animals breathe the poisonous ash and inhale toxins, they die. The grass would have been contaminated as well and uneatable.

Pestilence: poisonous toxins + lack of drinkable water + animals dying + insects EVERYWHERE & spreading bacteria = a fatal epidemic.

Darkness: The amount of ash in the air was so plentiful that it covered the sky and blocked out the sun. Hence the darkness.

Hail: The ashes from the volcanic eruption would mix with the rain, causing storms; the rain from these storms would be acidic. So this hail described in the bible was acidic rain.

Boils: Very strong acidic rains would burn your skin and cause boils.

Locusts: The high death count of animals and humans would attract locusts, just like it would any other insects.

The Death of the First Born Child: This one is a bit more complicated to explain but generally, a lot of children died during this period because of the pestilence that was spreading. Infant mortality rates were already high during this period but all the insects, spread of disease and other factors contributed to more infants’ and children’s deaths. Also, some historians believe that first born children were sacrificed during this period to stop the ten plagues but this is speculation.