Researchers have discovered that Egyptian engineers may have used a dry branch of the Nile to transport building materials.
Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheish of the University of Aix-Marseille in France have confirmed a long-standing theory about how the ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids at Giza thousands of years ago. This was reported by CNN.
They determined that the pyramid builders likely used a “now-defunct” branch of the river to move building materials. In particular, the former water landscapes and the higher river levels about 4500 years ago contributed to the construction of the Giza pyramid complex.
The Great Pyramid, better known as the Pyramid of Cheops, was built in the 26th century BC, about 230 meters high, consists of 2.3 million stone blocks with a total mass of 5.75 million tons.
Scientists have long assumed that the ancient Egyptians used ancient stretches of the Nile to transport the tons of limestone and granite needed to build gigantic structures. Now the waterways of the Nile are too far from the site of the pyramids to be useful.
Experts also suggest that ancient Egyptian engineers cut a small channel from the pyramid site to an arm of the Nile, along the western edge of the floodplain, and deepened the pools to the bottom of the river. According to the researchers, the annual flood waters act as a hydraulic lift, allowing massive stone blocks to be moved to the construction site.
It was previously reported that scientists discovered that the 2000-year-old Egyptian mummy, which was once considered pregnant, did not have a fetus in the pelvis, but four bundles.
Cache with sarcophagi and statues found in Egypt
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