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Radiocarbon Dates of Old and Middle Kingdom Monuments in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Georges Bonani ,
Herbert Haas ,
Zahi Hawass ,
Mark Lehner ,
Shawki Nakhla ,
John Nolan ,
Robert Wenke  and
Willy Wölfli
Georges Bonani*
Affiliation:
Institute of Particle Physics, HPK-H30, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Herbert Haas
Affiliation:
RC Consultants, Inc., 2846 Marida Court, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120, USA
Zahi Hawass
Affiliation:
Undersecretary for Giza and Saqqara, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Giza Pyramids Inspectorate, Giza, Egypt
Mark Lehner
Affiliation:
Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02186, USA
Shawki Nakhla
Affiliation:
Supreme Council of Antiquities, Abassiya, Cairo, Egypt
John Nolan
Affiliation:
15 Jay Street, Apt. 3, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Robert Wenke
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Willy Wölfli
Affiliation:
Institute of Particle Physics, HPK-H30, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
*
Corresponding author. Email: bonani@particle.phys.ethz.ch.
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Abstract

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Between 1984 and 1995 over 450 organic samples were collected from monuments built during the Old and Middle Kingdoms. The most suitable samples were selected for dating. The purpose was to establish a radiocarbon chronology with samples from secure context and collected with the careful techniques required for 14C samples. This chronology is compared to the historical chronology established by reconstructing written documentation.

Type
Near East Chronology: Archaeology and Environment
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 3 of 3) , 2001 , pp. 1297 - 1320
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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