Evidence for late third millenium weather events from Six Dynasty tomb at Saqqara

Karin Sowada

doi:10.2478/squa-2013-0006

Evidence for late third millenium weather events from Six Dynasty tomb at Saqqara

Karin Sowada^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-74
Number of pages	6
Journal	Studia Quaternaria
Volume	30
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/squa-2013-0006
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

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

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