There should hopefully be a link above to view my talk via zoom if you are interested. This is really a project in its preliminary stages, but I hope that this material showcases the potential of this incredible data set that is both earlier and of better quality than CORONA satellite imagery.

The archaeological evidence dovetails with flood modeling derived from both archaeological evidence from Elephantine in the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom and thousands of Nile floods recorded from roughly 622-1959 CE.

Maria’s contributions derived from years of fieldwork are the highlight here as they suggest that some Predynastic settlements near Aswan may have been occupied for longer durations of time rather than just seasonally (though this may still have been the case in some places).