The Nile in Egypt is fed by two branches: The Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands accounting for more than 80% of the river's flow, and the White Nile from Lake Victoria accounting for the rest.

Raised causeways stretched out horizontally, connecting the pyramids to river ports along the Nile’s bank. Drought, in combination with seismic activity that tilted the landscape, most likely ...

Raised causeways stretched out horizontally, connecting the pyramids to river ports along the Nile’s bank. Drought, in combination with seismic activity that tilted the landscape, most likely ...

“Good [Nile] levels promised stability [to] the ancient Egyptian society,” Hader says. “By contrast, the drought as a result of low Nile levels would be catastrophic and a reason for social ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.

Drought, in combination with seismic activity that tilted the landscape, most likely caused the river to dry up over time and ultimately fill with silt, removing most traces of it.

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.