From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hp-pcd!everett
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Re: Egyption Rivers Discoved by Columbia - (nf)
Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.497
Posted: Mon Nov 29 12:00:48 1982
Received: Wed Dec  1 08:22:23 1982

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hp-pcd!everett    Nov 29 09:45:00 1982


From: Everett Kaser
      hplabs!hp-pcd

This is in response to the first response.
You seem to have missed something. The discovery was of *dry* river beds.
It's hard to irrigate from *dry* river beds. (i.e. there used to be water
there, but no more; that's why it's desert now.) Other than what this
discovery can tell us about the climate in ages gone by, the other really
exciting possibility is that they may be able to discover ancient settlements
(circa 10,000 years old) preserved beneath the sands. Supposedly, excellent
possible cites for such have been spotted from the data.