It is fascinating how they have used this evidence to find a place previously considered "fabled".
However, this part of the article absolutely slays me:
The baboon is the only animal not native to Egypt that is linked with Egyptian deities, Kopp said, and it's a little odd that ancient Egyptians took such interest in baboons. They tend to steal crops and break into homes looking for food, making them difficult to live with, she said.
"The people who coexist with baboons don't really like them," Kopp told Live Science.
Thanks for sharing this. Been interested on Amazonian dark earths since I did some of my soil science Ph.D. fieldwork down in the Cerrado. I wonder how transferable this is to other tropical/sub-tropical soil systems. I would expect both the type of inputs, climate, and soil type to affect how much SOC changes
VOTIS XXX MVLTIS ❧ XX BIS XX CVRANTE YACINTHO COMITE FABRICA AD SVMMVM PER DVCTA ES CVLMEN
Translation
For vows on the thirtieth anniversary of the rule of the emperor, and more (vows) for (another) twenty years, and twenty more years again. Under the care of Hyacinthos holding an office, building, to the highest summit, you were drawn.
Notes
Edit: I thought it was Constantine I, but it is more likely the emperor is Constantius II based on numismatic evidence. For comite, see L&S s.v. comes II.E.
Prior to this discovery, archaeologists had interpreted features such as a headdress and necklace on a stela as representing a female form, while the inclusion of weaponry such as swords would be interpreted as male “warrior” stelae.
But this latest discovery, including both “male” and “female” elements, challenges these assumptions.
This led the archaeology team to consider that the social roles depicted by these carvings were more fluid than previously thought, and not restricted to a specific gender.
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