A Groundbreaking Study Rewrites the Nile’s History and its Contribution to Egyptian Prosperity
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Reported by SciTech Daily:
Recent research reveals that a major shift in the River Nile’s course about 4,000 years ago expanded the floodplain near Luxor, potentially boosting ancient Egypt’s agricultural success and influencing the placement of historic sites.
Researchers have studied the development of the River Nile over the past 11,500 years and examined how shifts in its geography may have influenced the fate of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Research published in Nature Geoscience reveals a major shift in the Nile around four thousand years ago, after which the floodplain in the Nile Valley around Luxor greatly expanded.
The findings raise the possibility that this shift could have contributed to the success of the ancient Egyptian agricultural economy at points between the Old and New Kingdom periods. The New Kingdom was a period of unparalleled prosperity, military conquest, and cultural achievement in Ancient Egyptian history.
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