The low-lying Nile Delta area in particular is vulnerable to sea level rise associated with global warming. The Nile delta is especially vulnerable to sea level rise.Įgypt's Mediterranean coastline experiences significant loss of land to the sea, in some places amounting to 90 m (100 yd) a year. Population density and low elevation coastal zones. All burials included skulls and skeletons in the bending position and were not very well-preserved. The burial site contained the remains of animals, amulets and scarabs carved from faience, round and oval pots with handles, flint knives, broken and burned pottery. In January 2019 archaeologists led by Mostafa Waziri working in the Kom Al-Khelgan area of the Nile Delta discovered tombs from the Second Intermediate Period and burials from the Naqada II era. They also uncovered a devastated historic temple (the city's main temple) underwater off Egypt's north coast. The investigations were conducted by Egyptian and European divers led by the underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio. In July 2019 a small Greek temple, ancient granite columns, treasure-carrying ships, and bronze coins from the reign of Ptolemy II, dating back to the third and fourth centuries BC, were found at the sunken city of Heracleion, colloquially known as Egypt's Atlantis. The Rosetta Stone was found in the delta in 1799 in the port city of Rosetta (an anglicized version of the name Rashid). Artifacts belonging to ancient sites have been found on the delta's coast.
The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. Ancient branches of the Nile, showing Wadi Tumilat, and the lakes east of the Delta
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