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Secret Nile branch confirmed by Egypt-led research
Cosmos· 10 hours agoGeomorphologists have confirmed, for the first time, the route of a long-extinct ‘branch’ of the Nile River that brought the famous river to the base of...
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
CNN.com· 7 hours agoThe inhospitable location has long puzzled archaeologists, some of whom had found evidence that the ...
Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile River
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River...
Dozens of Egyptian pyramids, some in Giza, sat along a branch of the Nile, study says
NBC NEWS· 1 hour agoHow did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using...
Discovery of lost branch of Nile may shed light on location of pyramids – study
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe pyramids of the Western desert in #Egypt were built alongside a now extinct branch of the Nile ...
Egypt’s Giza Pyramids Might Have Been Built Next To A Now-Vanished River
Mentalfloss· 3 hours agoA recent study published in the academic journal Communications Earth & Environment claims that the...
Pyramids built along long-lost river, scientists discover
Alaska Superstation· 10 hours agoScientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more...
Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids
Scientific American· 9 hours agoGeomorphologist Eman Ghoneim says she has pondered that last mystery for years. “I was born and...
Long-lost Nile branch may explain landlocked pyramids
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago“Yet, no waterway has been found near the largest pyramid field in Egypt, with the Nile River lying...
We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the...
The Conversation· 20 hours agoThe Nile was at the heart of ancient Egyptian civilisation, and the location of so many pyramids some distance away from the river has until now not been fully explained. In a new study published ...