New research reveals how the Ancient Egyptians may have built the Pyramids   

Has the ancient mystery been answered?

They may have been erected in 2580 BC, but some of the Great Pyramids of Giza are among the largest structures ever built . Of course, this has piqued the curiosity of thousands of people from scientists to conspiracy theorists, each giving their own answer as to how man was able with the technology that existed 4,000 years ago to build something so impressive.

Now, a research team from France is coming to provide a new answer. In particular, the scientists stress that they have discovered evidence that the ancient Egyptian civilization took advantage of the Nile River to transport the giant stone pieces into place during the assembly of the pyramids at Giza. The researchers hypothesized that the ancient Egyptians developed a port complex that would allow them to use the annual floods of the Nile River to transport building materials to the base of the pyramids and thus created waterways to connect the area to the river.

The Nile as it stands today stretches over 7 kilometers east of this hypothetical port complex that would have been a hub for the pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure. Moving on to the evidence, samples from Giza from modern engineering works in the area reveal that the rock layers fit the hypothesis that a branch of the Nile River reached the base of the pyramids.

In fact, the five samples taken also contained fossilized pollen grains belonging to plants found today on the banks of the Nile, indicating that the river once had a permanent body of water running through the area, facilitating the construction of all the pyramids about 4,000 years. However, after Tutankhamen’s reign, the water level dropped significantly, creating a much drier environment.

The authors of the relevant scientific study report characteristics:

To build their pyramids, tombs and temples, it now appears that ancient Egyptian engineers took advantage of the Nile and its annual floods, using an ingenious system of canals, creating a port complex at the foot of the Giza plateau.

The research is titled “Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE” and was published in the scientific journal PNAS on August 29.

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