Egypt
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- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- 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...
- Modern Egypt: Egyptian Officials, Farmers Debate Effect Of Climate Change On Fertile Nile Delta
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Joseph Mayton) A little off-topic but I thought that some visitors would find this story of interest. ALONG THE Nile Delta’s many tributaries, life is good for Makram, a young farmer who is working the land...
- Prehistoric Climate Change
www.newscientist.comAnother one for those amongst you who are intersted in the role of climate change on early prehistory. The latest issue of New Scientist (27th January 2007, p.12) looks at climate change in terms of causes other than Milankovitch cycles,...
- 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...
Egypt
Climate change during Dynastic Egypt?
AFP (Christophe de Roquefeuil)
As world experts grapple with ways to contain global warming, researchers gathered in Egypt are seeking answers from the country's pharaonic past to help tackle environmental problems of the present.
Blessed with incomparable archaeological wealth, Egypt is the most populous Arab nation and the number of inhabitants is expected to more than double by 2050 to 160 million, according to estimates.
The effects of climate change have long been neglected in this large North African country which largely depends on the fertile Nile Delta to feed its growing population amid concerns about land erosion.
A three-day conference opened on Sunday with experts hoping to understand how the ancient Egyptians, who were capable of erecting the famous Giza pyramids, dealt with climate change.
- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- 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...
- Modern Egypt: Egyptian Officials, Farmers Debate Effect Of Climate Change On Fertile Nile Delta
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Joseph Mayton) A little off-topic but I thought that some visitors would find this story of interest. ALONG THE Nile Delta’s many tributaries, life is good for Makram, a young farmer who is working the land...
- Prehistoric Climate Change
www.newscientist.comAnother one for those amongst you who are intersted in the role of climate change on early prehistory. The latest issue of New Scientist (27th January 2007, p.12) looks at climate change in terms of causes other than Milankovitch cycles,...
- 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...