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Dating Pharaonic Egypt
Hendrik J. Bruins
Science June 18th 2010, Volume 328
- 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...
- 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?...
- J. Arch. Science - Reservoir Offset In C14 Record?
Available to journal subscribers, or by purchase for download. Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 671-900 (April 2010) Investigating the likelihood of a reservoir offset in the radiocarbon record for ancient Egypt M.W. Dee,...
- New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
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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 to first millennia B.C.E.). Historical chronologies for ancient Egypt are based on abundant but fragmentary written sources, and various chronological interpretations exist (1– 5). Radiocarbon dating has the potential to verify those interpretations (6). On page 1554 of this issue, Bronk Ramsey et al. (7) present a comprehensive and sophisticated radiocarbon dating study on the chronology of Pharaonic Egypt, involving 211 samples. The short-lived plant samples for 14C dating were selected from individual funerary contexts in various museum collections. Each sample could be associated with the reign of a particular Pharaoh or with a specific section of the historical chronology.
- 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...
- 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?...
- J. Arch. Science - Reservoir Offset In C14 Record?
Available to journal subscribers, or by purchase for download. Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 671-900 (April 2010) Investigating the likelihood of a reservoir offset in the radiocarbon record for ancient Egypt M.W. Dee,...
- 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....