Israeli Archaeologists Figure Out Where Ancient Egypt Got Its Metal After Civilization Collapsed [Haaretz, June 2021]

Title:

Israeli Archaeologists Figure Out Where Ancient Egypt Got Its Metal After Civilization Collapsed 

 

Author:

Ariel David

Published:

Haaretz, 16 June 2021

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-where-ancient-egypt-got-its-metal-after-civilization-collapsed-in-3200-bce-1.9903941

From the article:

Analysis of 3,000-year-old statuettes from pharaonic burials suggests disruption of international trade following the Bronze Age Collapse was not as catastrophic as we thought.

 

Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history - here's how (by Benjamin T. Pennington)

Title:

Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history - here's how

 

Author:

Benjamin T. Pennington

Visiting Fellow in Geoarchaeology, University of Southhampton 

Published:

The Conversation, 4 February 2021

https://theconversation.com/environmental-change-may-have-played-a-role-at-the-dawn-of-egyptian-history-heres-how-154429

From the article:

Around 5,000 years ago (c. 3100 BC), what we know today as Ancient Egypt came into existence. A thousand years either side, and other such “primary states” had also arisen across the world, in Mesopotamia, North China, the Indus Valley and other locations.  

 

But why did human social dynamics change so dramatically in such a relatively short space of time? Why did we stop living in smaller communities and come together into cities and “civilisations”?