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Climate and Drought Lessons from Ancient Egypt
Description: Ancient pollen and charcoal preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt's Nile Delta document the region's ancient droughts and fires, including a huge drought 4,200 years ago associated with the demise of Egypt's Old Kingdom, the era known as the pyramid-building time. The researchers used pollen and charcoal preserved in a Nile Delta sediment core dating from 7,000 years ago to the present to help resolve the physical mechanisms underlying critical events in ancient Egyptian history. [Source: U.S. Geological Survey]
URL: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3359#.UC5ejaDdHng
Availability: Full Text
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Publish Date: 8/16/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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