Egypt
Scientific American (Richard Lovett)
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- Carbon 14 Dates For Ancient Egypt
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Egypt
More re radiocarbon dating of Egyptian material
Scientific American (Richard Lovett)
A three-year study of hundreds of artifacts looks set to settle several long-standing debates about Egypt's ancient dynasties.
The study, which appears in the June 18 issue of Science, is the first to use high-precision measurements of radioactive carbon isotopes to produce a detailed timeline for the reigns of Egyptian pharaohs from about 2650 BC to 1100 BC.
"It is a very, very important finding," says Hendrik Bruins, an archaeologist and geoscientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, who was not associated with the work. "For the first time, radiocarbon dating more or less corroborates the essence of the Egyptian historical chronology."
Led by Christopher Bronk Ramsey, a physicist and mathematician at the University of Oxford, UK, the researchers use the well-established technique of measuring the amount of radioactive carbon-14 in ancient artifacts. Plants absorb carbon-14 as they grow, and the radioisotope decays naturally over time after they die. Measuring carbon-14 levels in artifacts made of organic material allows archaeologists to determine their age.
- Online Resource: Dating Pharaonic Egypt
Science Dating Pharaonic Egypt Hendrik J. Bruins Science June 18th 2010, Volume 328 Ancient literary sources of Pharaonic Egypt constitute the historical cornerstone of time in the eastern Mediterranean region during the Bronze and Iron Ages (the third...
- Carbon 14 Dates For Ancient Egypt
Science Now (Michael Balter) Just when did Egyptian pharaohs such as King Tut and Rameses II rule? Historians have heatedly debated the exact dates. Now a radiocarbon study concludes that much of the assumed chronology was right, though it corrects some...
- Dating - The Radiocarbon Way
The Archaeology Channel Video. What is carbon 14? What is a radiocarbon date? Is it the same as a calendar date? What does radiocarbon dating measure and why does it take a long time? How does an accelerator mass spectrometer measure carbon isotopes?...
- New Method Could Revolutionize Dating Of Ancient Treasures
Science Daily Scientists have developed a new method to determine the age of ancient mummies, old artwork, and other relics without causing damage to these treasures of global cultural heritage. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American...
- New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
Science Daily A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric times....