A landmark discovery in an ancient tributary of the Nile River may have solved the mystery of how Egypt’s pyramids were built centuries ago.
The now-dry waterway that once flowed through Giza may have been used to transport materials used in the construction of the pyramids.
The proximity to waterways may suggest why there are such pyramid complexes in certain areas of Cairo. Large amounts of water could have supported the various components needed for the massive structure.
The discovery was made by Dr. Eman Ghoneim, who studied the Nile Valley using radar satellite data from space, showing an “invisible world of information beneath the Earth’s surface.”Goneim researched her 13th Egyptologists Conference earlier this year.
talk to IFL Science Ghoneim said: “Although it was probably really, really long in length, in some areas the width of this branch was also enormous, about half a kilometer or more in width, which is equivalent to today’s Nile River. ” he said. ”
This obsolete waterway was called the Ahramat tributary and ran from Giza to Fayoum, passing an astonishing 38 different pyramid sites.
But without confirmation of whether the river was active during the Old and Middle Kingdoms, some 4,700 years ago, it is impossible to fully determine whether the water was used in the construction of the pyramids.
One evidence that it may have been used is that, according to Ghoneim, these pyramids were “located precisely on the banks of the tributaries that we found,” which suggests that they This suggests that it may mean that it was a “valley temple” that served as a kind of port in ancient times.
This research may not only reveal the secrets of the pyramids, but also uncover parts of ancient Egypt that were long lost when towns were wiped out by the natural migration of the Nile River.
Ghoneim added: “As the branches disappear, the cities and towns of ancient Egypt also accumulate and disappear, and we actually have no clue where to find them.”
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