Now Dry Nile Branch Helped Build Egypt S Pyramids Study
Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt’s Nile River might have looked like over the past 8,000 years. They determined that the pyramid builders likely took advantage of a “now-defunct” arm of the river to move building materials, according to a study published Aug. 24 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their findings show “that former aquatic landscapes and higher river levels around 4,500 years ago facilitated the construction of the Giza Pyramid Complex,” the study said....