Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile River
Dozens of Egypt's most famous pyramids may have been built thanks to this long-lost transit corridor.
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Dozens of Egypt's most famous pyramids may have been built thanks to this long-lost transit corridor.
The newly identified 64-kilometre-long branch of the river, named The Ahramat, would have provided an essential water route for transporting goods.
Why and How Were the Giant Structures Built Miles From the Nile? An International Team May Have Solved the Riddle
The largest pyramid field in Egypt is clustered along a narrow desert strip, yet no convincing explanation as to why these pyramids are concentrated in this specific locality has been given so far. Here we use radar satellite imagery, in conjunction with geophysical data and deep soil coring, to investigate the subsurface structure and sedimentology in the Nile Valley next to these pyramids. We identify segments of a major extinct Nile branch, which we name The Ahramat Branch, running at the foothills of the Western Desert Plateau, where the majority of the pyramids lie. Many of the pyramids, ...
Research reveals 31 of the biggest pyramids in Egypt may have been built next to a long-lost branch of the River Nile.