Egypt's 'Floating' Pyramid Exposed after Pharaoh's '4,000-year-old Secret Decoded' - Express

Archaeology is in a state of exciting flux, as mysteries large and small are elucidated. Callum Hoare provides an example about only one building, but it's a huge monument and a rather stunning anomaly in the history of pyramid construction. New Findings about Prehistoric Easter Island challenge "received views" about that popular subject. An international collaboration featuring scientific testing "gives us new insights about the flexibility of people to deal with changing environmental conditions." On the other hand, the University of Basel proves a predominantly negative effect from Climate Change in Antiquity: Mass Emigration Due to Water Scarcity. In late Roman Egypt, the result of environmental degradation--natural in this case--had profound consequences. Another surprise to popular conceptions: the so-called "Dark Ages" are getting less shadowy all the time, as Burial Practices Point to an Interconnected Early Medieval Europe. The University of Cambridge asserts that "early Medieval Europe was a well-connected place, with regular contact and exchange of ideas across vast areas." However, a lack of discretionary resources may also have contributed to the "spread of unfurnished funerals." The sum of findings like these is A New Archaeology for the Anthropocene Era. Not only do "Indiana Jones and Lara Croft have a lot to answer for," says Dr. Nicole Boivin, but our better understanding of the Past should help us address pressing Current and Future problems now that human activity most affects climate and the environment. (WM)

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