Fossilized pollen shows grasses and marshes once reached near the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza. An aridification of East Africa likely depleted the branch of the Nile River that flowed close to ...

Researchers believe a river running right up close to the Great Pyramid of Giza made getting the enormous stones to the site much easier, enabling construction of what was the world’s tallest ...

How the great pyramids of Egypt were built has long been a hotly debated open question, given the sheer size and weight of the limestone blocks used for the construction. Numerous speculative (and ...

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