Many of you will have seen the recent news that a long-lost branch of the River Nile has been discovered, or should I saw 'confirmed'.

It ran through the Nile floodplain on its western side and passed by more than 30 pyramids and the experts are saying it solves the mystery of how stone blocks were transported to each construction site.

Now, anybody that studies Ancient Egypt will know that a long-lost westerly branch of the Nile, is in fact no surprise. For a start, the Valley Temples at the end of each pyramid causeway had to terminate on the banks of a body of water, and so mapping each of the valley temples pretty much maps the position of a missing waterway.

This has been known about for decades, but now scientists have confirmed it, using radar satellite data, geomorphology, geophysical surveys and soil coring.

Watch this video to learn more about the lost Ahramat Branch of the River Nile, including the controversy from the new Facebook post by Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner.

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Contents:

0:00 Introduction
0:47 New Branch of the Nile Discovered
1:39 Khufu Branch Study 2022
2:45 The Ahramat Branch of the Nile
7:06 New Paper 2024
9:13 Pre-Dynastic Implications of the Study
10:21 The Nile in the African Humid Period
11:58 Zahi Hawass Controversy

Sources:
Conference Abstract: [ Ссылка ]
IFL Science News Story: [ Ссылка ]
Ghoneim et al. 2024 paper, Nature: [ Ссылка ]
Phys Org story: [ Ссылка ]
2022 Khufu Branch paper: [ Ссылка ]
Zahi Hawass Facebook Page: [ Ссылка ]

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