Scientists Solve the Mystery of How Egypt's Pyramids Were Built

Pyramids of Giza

scientists think they have finally cracked the code on how 31 pyramids in Egypt, including the famous Giza pyramids, were built 4,000 years ago.

A team from the University of north Carolina wilmington found that the pyramids were built along an ancient branch of the Nile River that has long since disappeared and is now desert and farmland

for years archaeologists have wondered how the ancient Egyptians got the massive stone blocks to the site near the river

But until now “no one knew the exact location, shape, size or proximity of this massive waterway to the pyramids themselves” said Professor Eman Ghoneim one of the study’s lead researchers. The team used radar satellite imagery, historical maps, geophysical surveys and coring (a technique used by archaeologists to extract evidence from samples) to map the river branch which they believe was buried under the desert and sandstorms thousands of years ago.