Researchers drilled five cores into the Giza floodplain in May 2019 to try and reconstruct the history of the Nile. It was discovered that a vanished arm of Nile helped ancient Egyptians transport pyramid materials.
According to a new study, there was once a high-water arm of the Nile River that helped workers transport supplies to the Giza pyramids' construction site when the ancient Egyptians were building them some 4,500 years ago. This arm has now disappeared.
The finding adds to ...