RE: Fossil Rivers - The Dance of the Mississippi

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Ancient Egyptians realized that it was the nature of the Nile to flood and reform. They invented geometry so that farmers could reallocate their little pieces of the delta.

Modern thinkers believe that rivers must be regulated and stay forever in a path set at some arbitrary date in the 1800s. I think the ancients had a better approach.



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I did not know that, fascinating. The Egyptians were way beyond their time on a number of things, particularly irrigation and water management. The Nile was their life source. I suppose as we now rely less on the harmony of water and environment for survival, to those that live and trad near rivers, its probably more of a pain.

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