after which the floodplain in the Nile Valley around Luxor greatly expanded. Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could ...

The Nile is widely considered Earth's longest river, but that title isn't as simple ... soaking the desert soil in its floodplain. But the water didn't tame the Sahara alone.

Ancient Egypt might have to thank the River Nile for all its success after new ... stabilise and greatly increase the surrounding floodplain. “The expansion of the floodplain will have greatly ...

Their findings show “that the former waterscapes and higher river levels around 4,500 years ... of techniques to reconstruct the ancient Nile floodplain, the research team found that Egyptian ...

This translated in the river Nile stretching far beyond its current ... the Ahramat Branch before the river’s course across the floodplain shifted towards the East, probably due to tectonic ...

She said the river would have played a key role in ancient ... these pieces we can gain a clearer picture of what the Nile floodplain looked like at the time of the pyramid builders and how ...

The newly established Nile River Basin Commission (NRBC) has been charged with addressing the contentious issue of the Nile River’s equitable use. However, raised geopolitical tensions in the Horn of ...

On a now-dried-up arm of the Nile River called the Khufu branch ... “They dredged the floodplain on the western part of the channel and let the water flow, and the ships navigate to provide ...

She said they plan to expand their map and work to detect additional buried branches of the Nile floodplain. Determining the outline and shape of the ancient river branch could help researchers ...

Around 4,000 years ago, the Nile abruptly shifted and there was rapid floodplain aggradation, where the river began depositing large amounts of sediment, building up the valley floor. This created ...