Studies and Ancient Egyptian Archaeologies Dating Using New Nuclear Method

Abstract

The important of archaeological dating in estimation of the historical events and evaluation of the civilization under investigations inspired to look for may alternative dating techniques.

The most widely used techniques are Tree-Ring counting radioactive methods, Fission Track, Electron spin Resonance, and Thermoluminescence technique.

In this study thus the following two techniques of dating are used carefully for the first time in the pyramids zone: 1- Thermoluminescence dating of pottery.

2- Electron spin resonance dating of bone.

Thermoluminescence dating of ancient Egyptian pottery used is the present investigation is taken from the site in the (Giza) pyramids zone for from the biggest one by 150-meter. For more accurate dating data, the annual dose rate and archaeological dose of the basic equation are obtained using hyper germanium detector.

The annual dose rate was measured to be 3.519 + 0.131mgy/yr. The age of extracted pottery 4388 + 166 years. The latter attributed to the fourth "dynasty" in the old kingdom.