In a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment (May 2024), researchers addressed this puzzle. When pyramids were built they sat next to a now-vanished branch of the Nile, which likely provided transport for workers and their materials #Egyptology #Nile #Egypts

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Shahira Amin: Visited several polling stations today on this first day of #Egypts presidential election. Busses have brought mainly government employees to vote. Patriotic music blaring from loudspeakers, supporters waving flags. The queues are long. But that's mainly because voters are being offered incentives. One man told me he will vote for #Sisi because it means voting for security and stability. Another said do we even know who the rival candidates are. Sisis's challengers are mostly unknown to the general public.