A number of grinding stones were found in the Nile Valley, south of Aswan, at a site that had been carbon-dated as 14,500 years old. Palynologists and plant pathologists studied soil samples, searching for the presence of domesticated cereals. A high-energy mass spectrometer was used to date grains found at Wadi Kubbaniya; they were found to be only 1,000 years old. If or when domestic grains are found that date to one of the early sites, the classic theory for explaining the rise of civilization with the advent of agricultural societies will need to be revised. The four grains found in 1978 would not necessarily provide reliable dating tests since they had been contaminated from the other tests run on them to determine whether they were wild or domestic. The focus of the expedition team, until funding runs out, will be upon the social history of the people: their organization and economy. -- AATA