CONTENTS
ARTICLES:
Recent Egyptian Carbon Dating Projects and Dendrochronology by Robert M. Porter ………………… 3
Amalek in Arabia and Egypt Part I: Amalek in Arabia by Don Mills ……………………………….….. 7
Han Kloosterman and the Catastrophic End of the Allerød Interstadial by Trevor Palmer …………… 22
The Timing of Sodom’s Destruction: A Preliminary Estimate by Phillip J Silvia ……..……………….. 34
Mysteries of Saqqara by Laurence Dixon ………………….……………………………………………… 38
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages reviewed by Phillip Clapham ……….………………………… 42
LETTERS:
Peter Fairlie-Clarke, Phillip Clapham ……………………………………………………………………….. 43
SOCIETY NEWS:
Council Annual Report 2014 …………………………………………………………………………….. cover
AGM, including election of Council members
and Afternoon Spring Meeting, April 25th ……..…………………………………………………………… 46 Speakers ‒ Bob Johnson: The variability of the Sun and the effects on Earth
Piers Corbyn: Where is the weather going? What does and does not cause climate change?
Study Group Report ………………………………………………………………………………………… 47
Phillip Clapham’s Reflections on the News ……..………………………………………… 6, 21, 33, 37, 48
EDITORIAL ADDRESS:
EDITORIAL TEAM: Trevor Palmer (Editorial Co-ordinator), Daphne Chappell, Phillip Clapham, Laurence Dixon, David Roth.
PRODUCTION: Daphne Chappell
MEMBERSHIP: Phillip Clapham, 45 Mary’s Mead, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 7DS, UK.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Barry Curnock, 27 Rosemount Road, Flax Bourton, Bristol, BS48 1UP, UK.
SIS web-site: www.sis-group.org.uk