# Canonical recap data for Famine in Post-Glacial Levant (9200)
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slug: neolithic-famine
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9200/neolithic-famine"
title: Famine in Post-Glacial Levant
subtitle: Rapid crop failures in early agricultural societies triggered mass starvation and the abandonment of nascent settlements, demonstrating the fragility of Neolithic food systems.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9200-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9200
decade: 9200
summaryShort: The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty. It is thought that the stele was inscribed during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which rul
summaryLong: The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty. It is thought that the stele was inscribed during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which ruled from 332 to 31 BC. The inscription has been tentatively dated to the reign of king Ptolemy V.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sehel-steleFamine.jpg/1280px-Sehel-steleFamine.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Famine Stela"
importance: 69
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_Stela"
  title: Famine Stela
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period o
wikidataQid: Q1419777
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260605191534/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_Stela"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-05
  label: Famine Stela
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_Stela"
