Abstract
During excavations in 1996 on a tomb in the Teti Cemetery at Saqqara by the Australian Centre for Egyptology (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), evidence of ancient weather events was revealed. The tomb belonged to the high official Inumin, who late in his career served as vizier of King Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty. Over a metre of eolian sand sealed by extensive laminated silt deposits in the subterranean burial chamber was the result of a sustained diy windy period, followed by a short period of intense rainfall. These events are dated on stratigraphic grounds to the Late Old Kingdom - early First Intermediate Period. Evidence of the same weather event was recorded near the enclosure of Netjerykhet Djoser at Saqqara, which was dated by the excavators to the 23rd century BC.
| Language | English |
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| Pages | 69-74 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Studia Quaternaria |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 2nd Geoarchaeology Conference: Memphite necropolis (Egypt) in the light of geoarchaeological and environmental research - Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University , Warsaw, Poland Duration: 7 Dec 2012 → 8 Dec 2012 Conference number: 2nd http://ceguold.ff.cuni.cz/pdf/SGCW.pdf |
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Keywords
- Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.
- 4200 cal BP event
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Evidence for late third millenium weather events from Six Dynasty tomb at Saqqara. / Sowada, Karin.
In: Studia Quaternaria, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2013, p. 69-74.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence for late third millenium weather events from Six Dynasty tomb at Saqqara
AU - Sowada, Karin
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - During excavations in 1996 on a tomb in the Teti Cemetery at Saqqara by the Australian Centre for Egyptology (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), evidence of ancient weather events was revealed. The tomb belonged to the high official Inumin, who late in his career served as vizier of King Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty. Over a metre of eolian sand sealed by extensive laminated silt deposits in the subterranean burial chamber was the result of a sustained diy windy period, followed by a short period of intense rainfall. These events are dated on stratigraphic grounds to the Late Old Kingdom - early First Intermediate Period. Evidence of the same weather event was recorded near the enclosure of Netjerykhet Djoser at Saqqara, which was dated by the excavators to the 23rd century BC.
AB - During excavations in 1996 on a tomb in the Teti Cemetery at Saqqara by the Australian Centre for Egyptology (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), evidence of ancient weather events was revealed. The tomb belonged to the high official Inumin, who late in his career served as vizier of King Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty. Over a metre of eolian sand sealed by extensive laminated silt deposits in the subterranean burial chamber was the result of a sustained diy windy period, followed by a short period of intense rainfall. These events are dated on stratigraphic grounds to the Late Old Kingdom - early First Intermediate Period. Evidence of the same weather event was recorded near the enclosure of Netjerykhet Djoser at Saqqara, which was dated by the excavators to the 23rd century BC.
KW - Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.
KW - 4200 cal BP event
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888098376&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2478/squa-2013-0006
DO - 10.2478/squa-2013-0006
M3 - Article
VL - 30
SP - 69
EP - 74
JO - Studia Quaternaria
T2 - Studia Quaternaria
JF - Studia Quaternaria
SN - 1641-5558
IS - 2
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