Ethiopian lake sediments reveal history of African droughts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 10:31 in Earth & Climate

A new survey of Lake Tana in Ethiopia – the source of the Blue Nile – suggests that drought may have contributed to the demise of the Egyptian Old Kingdom, around 4200 years ago.

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