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A now-extinct stretch of the Nile River once flowed close to Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments before disappearing, according to new ...

A new study bolsters a long-standing theory for the mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the massive pyramids of Giza: by taking advantage of a “now-defunct” arm of the Nile river to move ...

More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.

The Pyramids of Khufu, left, and Khafre looming in Egypt. Scientists reconstructed the 8,000-year rise and fall of the Khufu Branch of the Nile River, a tributary no longer in existence.

Raised causeways stretched out horizontally, connecting the pyramids to river ports along the Nile’s bank. Drought, in combination with seismic activity that tilted the landscape, ...

The study showed that during Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure's rule, about 4,500 years ago, a stable branch of the Nile river stretched out towards the pyramids. This branch is now long gone.

For millennia, the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza has remained among the most enigmatic puzzles in history. Over 2.3 ...

An artist’s reconstruction of the now defunct Khufu branch of the Nile River, which once enabled transportation of construction materials to the Giza Pyramid complex. Alex Boersma/PNAS ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile River once flowed close to Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments before disappearing, according to new ...