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Still mulling this article.  What form will it take, will I have a surge of mental energy that will enable me to write it etc.  However, the "History Myths" genre continues elsewhere.  A recent book by a Dutch scholar includes a chapter debunking the consumption of potatoes in Medieval Europe. I was a bit shocked by this, as I was taught in school sixty years ago that potatoes came from the New World after Columbus. But it does show the problem expands beyond the wargames world.

Thanks Dave and David.  Very interesting article that I came across earlier.  As Anthony notes, the details of the study in the Nature paper are quite helpful in understanding this research.

While the location of pyramids, temples, and causeways in this region has suggested that the Nile River channel has migrated east from abutting the Western Desert Plateau across the Nile's floodplain, the main takeaway is that there is a positive correlation between the perceived level of the Nile and the elevation of these man made features across dynasties.  Fascinating.

Thanks David.  The illustrations in the text of the Nature article are very helpful in understanding what is going on.

The source paper is here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01379-7

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99zwkzzrxvo.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17159284833022&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

Not my field but hopefully of interest

https://greekreporter.com/2024/05/16/history-ancient-greek-city-smyrna/

Hopefully of interest...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cpegg5397wlo

Another great find.

Great name for the archaeogist too 😀

https://english-elpais-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-15/valdecanas-the-drought-hit-reservoir-that-revealed-a-giant-archaeological-treasure-in-spain.html?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#

Pretty amazing

Of course if it was white gold.....

It's Vilya, the mightiest of the three, given to Elrond Halfelven.  Doesn't have any magic now though, ever since Gollum fell with the Precious into the Sammath Naur.