The water course of the ancient Ahramat Branch borders a large number of pyramids dating from the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period, spanning between the Third Dynasty and the Thirteenth Dynasty.Eman Ghoneim
Posted on 05/18/2024 1:53:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
31 pyramids in Egypt, including the Giza pyramid complex, may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch of the river Nile which has long since been buried beneath farmland and desert. The findings, reported in a paper in Communications Earth & Environment, could explain why these pyramids are concentrated in what is now a narrow, inhospitable desert strip...
Sedimentary evidence suggests that the Nile used to have a much higher discharge, with the river splitting into several branches in places. Researchers have previously speculated that one of these branches may have flown by the pyramid fields, but this has not been confirmed.
Eman Ghoneim and colleagues studied satellite imagery to find the possible location of a former river branch running along the foothills of the Western Desert Plateau, very near to the pyramid fields. They then used geophysical surveys and sediment cores to confirm the presence of river sediments and former channels beneath the modern land surface, indicating the presence of a former branch, which they propose naming 'Ahramat' (meaning 'pyramids' in Arabic). The authors suggest that an increased build-up of windblown sand, linked to a major drought which began approximately 4,200 years ago, could be one of the reasons for the branch's migration east and eventual silting up.
The discovery may explain why these pyramid fields were concentrated along this particular strip of desert near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, as they would have been easily accessible via the river branch at the time they were built. Additionally, the authors found that many of the pyramids had causeways which ended at the proposed riverbanks of the Ahramat branch, which they suggest is evidence the river was used for transporting construction materials.
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The water course of the ancient Ahramat Branch borders a large number of pyramids dating from the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period, spanning between the Third Dynasty and the Thirteenth Dynasty.Eman Ghoneim
De Nile is not just a river.
Abundant water would sustain crops, animals and a larger population.
The rest of the canalofjoseph keyword, sorted:
This solves the mystery as to why the Sphinx has waterline marks on its base due to suspected flooding!
This theory seems viable. There would be other implications also about transprt of materials to build the pyramids.
Not even close. The face of the sphinx enclosure was eroded by thousands of years of rain (or, if arid conditions are much more ancient, then many more thousands of years).
Has the source of the pyramid's stone ever been determined? Maybe the stone was floated down the river on barges. And, to think that many of the pyramids might've had causeways that led to the river. Wow....what a theory. Not only did the slaves have to build those pyramids, they had to dig causeways first.
I'm thinking there's some reparations in order.
Y’know, I thought this article sounded familiar...
Discovery Of Ancient Waterway May Solve Mystery Of How The Pyramids Were Built
IFL Science | 11/29/2023 | Ben Taub
Posted on 11/30/2023, 8:48:56 AM by PapaBear3625
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THe new Nile alluvial findings support the generally unaccepted sphinx water erosion hypothesis. But then paradigm shifts are always difficult to contemplate.Grin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_water_erosion_hypothesis
“may have flown by the pyramid fields”
That made me do a double take. The river flowed, rivers can’t take to the air.
Ah ha! So that's the purpose of "KEYWORDS" and the "KEYWORD search". I always thought KEYWORDS were input to ridicule article posters. LOL
Now I have my reading and video-viewing set out for me....especially the one about pyramid stone being "poured concrete".
Thank you!
I found this related article interesting.
https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/a-new-theory-for-the-great-pyramid-how-science-is-changing-our-view-of-the-past
Often times we find that scientists are really quite stupid.
This was debated DECADES ago. I wonder why it took so long for actual study to be accomplished? Hmmm...
Or it could be, in this case, an effect of ‘Heil Hawas’ as it pertains to the very narrow study of Egyptology under his idiotic leadership.
I doubt they would use fertile riverfront for tombs.
Especially in Egypt.
There are pictures of the Nile coming right up to the Sphinx in the 1800s - images are not online so no link.
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