A new puzzle to build the pyramids has finally been solved

Today, the Giza pyramids overlook crowded neighborhoods in an arid region. The Nile is only ten kilometers away. But if we go back more than 4,000 years ago, we have to imagine a completely different landscape. “It is a swampy landChristophe Morang, professor of physical geography, explains.

“There’s a flood that lasts four to five months a year. When we’re not in the flood period, there’s this channel and the water basins, so it’s a very watery landscape.

Christophe Morang, Professor of Physical Geography

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So it was possible for workers to use these basins to transport the huge stone blocks, coming from the quarries of Aswan which are more than 800 km away, and used in these giant building sites that were building the pyramids. A few years ago, an American archaeologist was the first to describe the existence of a canal that reached the bottom of the pyramids. “Using the Nile is the most reasonable solutionadvanced Christophe Morang. But he was the first to publish, a few years ago, a model for the mapping of the location of this canal, and more precisely of the basins that made it possible to move and lower the stones that allowed the construction of the pyramids.

To try to validate this hypothesis, Christophe Morang and his team went to the site to take samples from the basement. “In these pits, we were able to identify the pollen, and thus the pollen made it possible to reconstruct the history of vegetationWorld details. Subsequently, they made it possible to estimate the proximity to the Nile indirectly, if it had a large flow or if it was in the process of being reduced in terms of flow.

It remains only to discover the wreck now. “I am convinced that one day we will find one of these rafts that brought stones to the pyramids. It will be a true antique ladle. ! Confirms Christophe Morang. TheThis time around, the team of researchers is continuing their analyzes to identify the remains of the tools.