Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt's Famed Pyramids
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Geomorphologist Eman Ghoneim discovered a long-lost ancient branch of the Nile near the Great Pyramid of Giza via satellite images and sediment sampling, suggesting how builders transported materials to the construction site.
The discovery of the Ahramat channel, named after the Arabic word for pyramid, sheds light on why the pyramids were built far from the Nile River and supports the theory of a waterway used for material transportation.
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