The buried structure may be an entrance to something deeper beneath the desert floor.
The international team of researchers used radar satellite imagery to map the river branch, which they called Ahramat—"pyramids" in Arabic. Radar gave them the "unique ability to penetrate the sand ...
For generations, the Giza Plateau has been examined from almost every angle imaginable. Excavations, historical records and ...
Some 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.
Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Fresh research on an ancient—and now lost—branch of the Nile River shows how ...
A joint Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission has uncovered two tombs at Saqqara dating back roughly 5,000 years, including a rock-cut tomb from Egypt’s Second Dynasty. The discovery, announced by ...