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- Conference: Pre-modern Climate Change
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- Rising Water Threatens Temples
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702518,00.html"Some of the world's most precious archaeological treasures - the ancient Egyptian tombs and temples at Luxor - are being devastated by salt water that is eating their foundations, scientists...
Egypt
Archaeologists warn of climate threat
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Mummies decaying in Siberia, pyramids vanishing under the sand in Sudan, Maya temples collapsing: climate change risks destroying countless treasures from our shared past, archaeologists warn. . . .
Sand is one of the worst enemies of archaeological sites, like in Sudan where dunes are encroaching on the burial pyramids of Meroe, the capital of a flourishing kingdom from the third century BC to the fourth AD.
"In Oman, two cyclones -- Gonu un 2007 and Phet last year -- totally buried in sand sites that date back to the fifth and sixth millennia BC," said Vincent Charpentier, of the INRAP archaeological research centre.
Michelet warns that UNESCO's efforts so far to identify at-risk sites do not go far enough, calling for the world to "sound the alert" over the threat.
"Archaeology is part of human memory," said Francfort, who suggests radical solutions may be needed to protect past treasures from climate change, citing the case of the Abu Simbel rock temples in Egypt.
- Sudan's Land Of 'black Pharaohs' A Trove For Archaeologists
expatica.com There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. "There is a magic beauty about these sites that is heightened...
- Conference: Pre-modern Climate Change
University of Copenhagen Pre-Modern Climate Change. Causes and Human Responses 21st - 23rd October 2009 Climate, and human responses to it, plays an integral part in the formation of society. Thus when climate change occurs, the result of either natural...
- Conference: Pre-modern Climate Change
University of Copenhagen This may be of interest to anyone who is looking at the impact of climate change on ancient civilizations and prehistoric socieities. Climate, and human responses to it, plays an integral part in the formation of society. Thus...
- Climate Change Poses Threat To World Heritage
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=76605 "Governments must realize that the greenhouse effect is damaging world heritage monuments such as the Parthenon, climatology experts said at the International Conference on Climate currently...
- Rising Water Threatens Temples
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702518,00.html"Some of the world's most precious archaeological treasures - the ancient Egyptian tombs and temples at Luxor - are being devastated by salt water that is eating their foundations, scientists...