Egypt
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_Nilerecord.html
For anyone interested in the subject of palaeoclimate dating back into earlier prehistoric times in Egypt, a couple of academic papers are free online and some are listed on this page:
- Molecular Biologist's Response To The Jama Paper Re Tutankhamun
Pling (Margaret Patterson) Sincere thanks to John Patterson for sending this link. John's wife, who's an (ex-)molecular biologist, read the JAMA paper (and the supplemental data) and wrote a long blog post about her thoughts on the genetics parts...
- Scientists Seek Answers From Ancient Visitors
whyy.org (Script and audio). A relic preserved by state-of-the-art science almost 22 centuries ago is undergoing analysis by modern technology. And that analysis must confront not only the ravages of time, but also the damage done by “state-of-the-art”...
- Nile Floods And Civilization
http://www.geotimes.org/current/#features "The highs and lows of the Nile River have shaped the course of Egyptian civilization for more than 8,000 year". This article, written by Professor Fekri Hassan, is only the in print version of the magazine Geotimes,...
- Ancient Egyptians Hoarded Crude Oil
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050214/egyptoil.html A Discovery Channel news item about use of tar in mummies and the trade in oil in the Middle East 3000 years ago. A more popular-style article and slightly longer item than the 6th Feb article...
- Mummy Tar In Ancient Egypt
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_mummytar.html A new study of tars used in the mummification process suggests that the ancient Egyptians sourced tars from a number of different sources in Egypt and the Near East. This article, in Geotimes magazine,...
Egypt
River of data decodes Nile cycles
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_Nilerecord.html
"Climatologists have already combed the abundant Nile River data and revealed a connection between patterns in the water-level cycles and Indo-Pacific Ocean patterns. But large gaps in the data, especially after A.D. 1470, have left this analysis incomplete. Now, Michael Ghil, a geophysicist at the University of California, Los Angeles, developed with colleagues what he calls an advanced technique to fill the gaps. Analysis of the data, published in the May 24 Geophysical Research Letters, turns up evidence for a seven-year cycle that researchers say may be influenced by the North Atlantic ocean". See the Geotimes article above for more about this fascinating subject.
For anyone interested in the subject of palaeoclimate dating back into earlier prehistoric times in Egypt, a couple of academic papers are free online and some are listed on this page:
http://www.egypt.cd2.com/html/academic_papers.html
(See Cremaschi and Di Lernia and two articles by Nicoll, and one on the southern Levant by Munro).
- Molecular Biologist's Response To The Jama Paper Re Tutankhamun
Pling (Margaret Patterson) Sincere thanks to John Patterson for sending this link. John's wife, who's an (ex-)molecular biologist, read the JAMA paper (and the supplemental data) and wrote a long blog post about her thoughts on the genetics parts...
- Scientists Seek Answers From Ancient Visitors
whyy.org (Script and audio). A relic preserved by state-of-the-art science almost 22 centuries ago is undergoing analysis by modern technology. And that analysis must confront not only the ravages of time, but also the damage done by “state-of-the-art”...
- Nile Floods And Civilization
http://www.geotimes.org/current/#features "The highs and lows of the Nile River have shaped the course of Egyptian civilization for more than 8,000 year". This article, written by Professor Fekri Hassan, is only the in print version of the magazine Geotimes,...
- Ancient Egyptians Hoarded Crude Oil
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050214/egyptoil.html A Discovery Channel news item about use of tar in mummies and the trade in oil in the Middle East 3000 years ago. A more popular-style article and slightly longer item than the 6th Feb article...
- Mummy Tar In Ancient Egypt
http://www.geotimes.org/current/NN_mummytar.html A new study of tars used in the mummification process suggests that the ancient Egyptians sourced tars from a number of different sources in Egypt and the Near East. This article, in Geotimes magazine,...