More than five thousand years ago, Ancient Egypt rose from the banks of the Nile River to shape the foundations of science, architecture, and religion. This film explores the pharaohs, monuments, and ...

New evidence says the Karnak Temple's first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by ...

Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could have helped shape the fortunes of ancient Egyptian civilization. Research reveals ...

Learn about the history of Karnak, an ancient Egyptian temple complex that was likely positioned on an island as a way to appease the gods. Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine ...

Many of the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built along a now extinct branch of the river Nile, geological surveys have revealed. This could explain why these pyramids, including the famed Great ...

Although we usually imagine the conditions in Ancient Egypt to be much like the Egypt of today, back during the Holocene there was significantly more rain as a result of the African Humid Period (AHP) ...

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth & ...

Just inside the entrance of Cairo’s must-see Egyptian Museum is an unassuming display case off to the left. Competing for attention in a sea of head-turning antiquities — from towering statues to ...

A "long-lost" branch of the Nile in Egypt may explain the location of several ancient pyramids, researchers have suggested. In a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, an ...

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