Ghoneim and her colleagues refer to this extinct branch of the Nile river as Ahramat, which is Arabic for pyramids. Ancient Egyptians likely used the now-extinct Ahramat Branch to build many pyramids.

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The path of the defunct waterway lies between 2.5 and 10.25 kilometres west of the modern Nile river. Our research suggests the branch ran for about 64 kilometres, was between two and eight metres ...

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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 ...

According to the study, the Ahramat branch extended about 64 km (40 miles) in a north-south direction, roughly parallel to the modern Nile but between 2.5 and 10.25 km (1.6 and 6.4 miles) west of it.

A trip to Esna is also best combined with a visit to the cities of Luxor or Aswan, or a Nile cruise, which will show you the most important monuments and locations on the bank of the famous river.

The Nile River Cruise will shed some light on the divine essence of this miraculous country that has survived for more than 5000 years across the majestic cities of Luxor and Aswan.