(ORDO NEWS) — A branch of the Nile River helped to reveal the secret of the Egyptian pyramids. One of the wonders of the world was built by ordinary people, not foreigners.
Scientists are sure of this, they conducted research and were convinced that the area has changed a lot over thousands of years.
Previously, a river flowed here, and ships sailed along it, and transported multi-ton loads, including stones.
For millennia, mankind has been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. These buildings are awe-inspiring. And there are many myths surrounding the history of their creation.
For many years, experts could not understand how the ancient Egyptians delivered huge logs to Giza.
It turned out that there used to be a branch of the Nile River. Then she changed her direction. Construction materials were transported along it.
This sleeve was called Khufu, it flowed in that area 4 thousand years ago.
In that period, it was one of the main transport routes for the Egyptians. Not only building materials, but also products, fabrics, etc. were transported along Khufu.
Today, Giza is a sandy plain, but 4,000 years ago it was a bustling place. Even in a place next to the Sphinx, ships stopped and unloaded stones.
There were entire settlement cities for slaves and their families, trade flourished here, and engineers implemented incredible projects.
Today, the main river Nile is located 8 km from Giza. Agree, this is a fairly significant distance, you simply cannot drag multi-ton round wheels over it.
Thanks to French scientists, they managed to find out the real reason for how the building materials got to Giza.
They studied the death of 61 species of plants that grew in the floodplain and learned how the water level in the branches of the Nile changed over 8,000 years.
So it became known that during the African wet period in Khufu there was a high water level and the river was navigable.
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