Nile silt

Nile silt or Nile mud is a ceramic paste employed widely within Ancient Egyptian pottery manufacture, sourced from local Quaternary Nile sediments.

Nile silt is readily identified petrographically, should macroscopic visual examination leave any doubt as to origin or identity.

Silt is used to grow better crops for the people that live along the Nile.

The primary features of Nile silt, as revealed by a petrographic microscope, include:[1]

Karima,Nile Silt
Oxfam and Medicin Sans Frontieres workers check silt levels at a point of the River Nile