Archaeology of Water Management in the Nile

We welcome CDLS Fellow Amr Shahat to share his research on "Archaeology of Water Management and Resilience to Drought: Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope Case Study from the Egyptian Nile Valley."

Please join us in-person at UCLA Geology Building, Room #3814, or join us via Zoom on February 27 from 1pm PT.

To confirm your attendance, RSVP. Masking is optional, although strongly recommended indoors. The Zoom link will be emailed to those who RSVP.

Flyer to share: https://bit.ly/4h2ELbt

For any questions, please contact us at cdls@ucla.edu.

Dr Amr Khalaf Shahat Omran is a CDLS Fellow, and a lecturer of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the social history of non-elite populations, including cross cultural interactions along the Nile Valley, integrating archaeology with natural sciences such as archaeobotany and stable isotope biogeochemistry. He has a Master of Egyptology from the University of Memphis and PhD in archaeology from UCLA, where he directed the ancient agriculture and paleoethnobotany during a two-year postdoctorate fellowship. He is a team member in current excavation projects, including Deir el-Ballas, Luxor, and Fayyum. One of his long-term projects he leads involves reconstructing the impact of climate change and human intervention on the Nile River and its populations from ancient to modern times, using botanical remains and freshwater shells. This work addresses and attempts to resolve issues of water justice for communities along the Nile River.