A branch of the Nile River that had been buried for around 4,200 years provides insights into how ancient Egyptians transported the heavy materials used to build the pyramids.
Now, they may have found the answer in a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile that once flowed alongside more than 30maps, geophysical surveys, and sediment coring to map the river branch, as per the
Scientists have discovered an ancient Nile branch that helped transport materials for Giza's pyramids. The newly found Ahramat branch was essential in building 31 pyramids including the Great Pyramid of Giza. Radar satellite imagery and sediment coring techniques unearthed the river branch, buried by drought 4,200 years ago.journal on May 16, suggested that the ancient river branch was buried by a major drought and sandstorms around 4,200 years ago.
The river branch, named the Ahramat branch, with “ahramat” meaning pyramids in Arabic, was roughly 64km long and between 200-700m wide.
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