Egypt
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Egypt
Responses to C14 dating of Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Valentina )
In a recent study published in Science Magazine on 18 June 2010, an international team of nine research professors (French, Austrian and Israeli) led by Bronk Ramsey, director of Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at the Oxford University, have apparently determined more accurate dates for the ruling dynasties of Ancient Egypt by analyzing 211 samples.
The researchers tested seeds, baskets, and textiles, collected from tombs belonging to various museum collections across Europe and America, that had been previously dated. . . .
“For the first time, radiocarbon dating has become precise enough to constrain the history of ancient Egypt to very specific dates,” said Ramsey in AFP report.
However, Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archeologist and secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, strongly disagrees with the use of carbon dating in archeology.
“Carbon-14 dating has a margin of error of 100 years. In order to date Egyptian dynasties, we need to have specific dates; you cannot use carbon dating," Hawass explained to Al-Masry Al-Youm. "This technique shouldn’t be used at all in making changes to the chronology of the ancient Egypt, not even as a helpful addition.”
By contrast, Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at AUC, showed interest in the results.
- 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...
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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...
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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
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- New Technology For Dating Ancient Rock Paintings
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