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Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
Photo: Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study SaysA human exodus some 5,000 years ago, as the desert turned increasingly arid, prompted settlements along the Nile River that spawned the first ancient Egyptian civilizations ruled by pharaohs, a new study suggests. Photograph © Science
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