We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids

Timothy J. Ralph; Eman Ghoneim; Suzanne Onstine

We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids

Timothy J. Ralph, Eman Ghoneim, Suzanne Onstine

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The largest field of pyramids in Egypt – consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the famous Great Pyramid at Giza – lies along a narrow strip of land in the desert several kilometres west of the Nile River. The 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 in Communications Earth & Environment, we addressed this puzzle. When the pyramids were built they sat next to a now-vanished branch of the Nile, which likely provided transport for workers and their materials.

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Publication status	Published - 17 May 2024

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The Egyptian pyramid chain was built along the now abandoned Ahramat Nile Branch
Ghoneim, E., Ralph, T. J., Onstine, S. L., El-Behaedi, R., El-Qady, G., Fahil, A. S., Hafez, M., Atya, M., Ebrahim, M., Khozym, A. & Fathy, M. S., 16 May 2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, p. 1-13 13 p., 233.
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We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids

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