تاریخچه آبرنگ هولوکوز و اهمیت باستان شناسی سیلاب نیل در منطقه ساقره-ممفیس، مصر

Our calculations of the long-term rate of siltation during the Middle and Late Holocene suggest an average rate of 0.235 m/century rather than the commonly cited 0.09–0.12 m per century. In addition, our study of satellite imagery of the Memphite region in the context of archaeological data combined with our own geological studies reveal that the main Nile in Neolithic and Predynastic times (ca.7.0–5.0 kyr cal BP) ran along the eastern edge of the current floodplain. A lateral branch of the Nile ran along the western edge of the floodplain. It is on the bank of this branch that the first capital of a unified Egypt was established. Our cores also reveal during the Dynastic period, the western branch shifted eastwards, while the main Nile shifted westwards.