Egypt
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4502.html
Analysis of silts "from a small lake (now dry) in the Kharga Oasis of western Egypt to reconstruct climatic conditions during the lifetime of the lake. Their analyses support a surprising picture of arid Egypt: 130,000 years ago, what everyone considers an eternal desert was actually a thriving savannah, complete with humans, rhinos, giraffes and other wild life." Have a look at this article - it isn't very long, but it is fascinating.
- More On Mega-lake Discovered In Western Desert
Discovery News (Larry O'Hanlon) The hyper-arid deserts of western Egypt were once home to a lush mega-lake fed by the Nile River's earliest annual floods. Fossil fish and space shuttle radar images have defined the bed and drainage channels of...
- Faiyum Protectorate Not Protected
Al Masry Al Youm Thanks very much to Ben's Egypt Then and Now website for pointing to the above article, which I had missed. It is very topical given the new fieldwork taking place in the Faiyum Depression, but this has been an ongoing problem for...
- More Re Drying Of The Sahara
Scientific American In a finding that may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change, research published in Science shows how the Sahara Desert, a region as big as the U.S. that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea across northern...
- Saturday Trivia
Lost dinosaurs of Egypt http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/5981.html I've sneaked this in because it's a low news day, and there's not even much trivia around this week. This is an article about the rediscovery of some prewar photographs...
- More About New Finds In Dakhleh
http://tinyurl.com/anzle Thanks to David Meadows's "Explorator" newsletter for the following item: "Un equipo de investigadores descubrió en el oasis egipcio de Dajla una serie de dibujos en las rocas realizados por habitantes del lugar en la época...
Egypt
Scientists find fossil proof of Egypt's ancient climate
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4502.html
Analysis of silts "from a small lake (now dry) in the Kharga Oasis of western Egypt to reconstruct climatic conditions during the lifetime of the lake. Their analyses support a surprising picture of arid Egypt: 130,000 years ago, what everyone considers an eternal desert was actually a thriving savannah, complete with humans, rhinos, giraffes and other wild life." Have a look at this article - it isn't very long, but it is fascinating.
- More On Mega-lake Discovered In Western Desert
Discovery News (Larry O'Hanlon) The hyper-arid deserts of western Egypt were once home to a lush mega-lake fed by the Nile River's earliest annual floods. Fossil fish and space shuttle radar images have defined the bed and drainage channels of...
- Faiyum Protectorate Not Protected
Al Masry Al Youm Thanks very much to Ben's Egypt Then and Now website for pointing to the above article, which I had missed. It is very topical given the new fieldwork taking place in the Faiyum Depression, but this has been an ongoing problem for...
- More Re Drying Of The Sahara
Scientific American In a finding that may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change, research published in Science shows how the Sahara Desert, a region as big as the U.S. that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea across northern...
- Saturday Trivia
Lost dinosaurs of Egypt http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/5981.html I've sneaked this in because it's a low news day, and there's not even much trivia around this week. This is an article about the rediscovery of some prewar photographs...
- More About New Finds In Dakhleh
http://tinyurl.com/anzle Thanks to David Meadows's "Explorator" newsletter for the following item: "Un equipo de investigadores descubrió en el oasis egipcio de Dajla una serie de dibujos en las rocas realizados por habitantes del lugar en la época...