This collection of discussions demonstrates a strong consensus supporting the environmental explanation for pyramid construction, with detailed references to water levels, waterway transportation, and engineering methods, indicating both high interest and impact, while words like 'outstanding,' 'evidence,' and references to scientific sources reflect serious engagement.
AgreementStrong agreement
Most discussions support the findings about the Nile waterscapes facilitating pyramid construction, indicating strong agreement.
InterestHigh interest
Postings show high curiosity and positive interest in the environmental and archaeological implications of the study.
EngagementModerate engagement
Some comments reference specific practices like flotation and engineering techniques, reflecting moderate deep engagement.
ImpactHigh impact
Many discuss how this understanding could transform perceptions of ancient Egyptian engineering and environmental adaptability, suggesting high impact.
Abstract in brief
The pyramids of Giza were once near a channel of the Nile called the Khufu branch, which allowed boats to transport materials to the Pyramid Harbor complex.
Researchers studied pollen patterns to understand the environmental history of the area over the last 8,000 years, revealing how water levels changed.
Their findings indicate that while the Nile's water levels were high during the time of the pyramid builders, they gradually decreased due to drying conditions in East Africa, reaching their lowest during the Dynastic Period.
Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) https://t.co/e6z4zBJf7N
- The discovery of the Ahramat Nile Branch: a ancient waterway of the pyramid chain of Egypt (T. Ralph 2023) https://t.co/aGfr8eanJE https://t.co/NUzPo9dSRq
Dec 2, 2023 · 130 likes · 12 shares · 33,596 followersView post →
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Ticia Verveer
@ticiaverveer · X
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE
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بحث ظريف في مجلة PNAS يقدم أدلة علمية على وجود فرع مفقود من فروع النيل بالقرب من منطقة الأهرام الحالية.
الفرع كان موجود قبل 8000 سنة، ولكنه جف تماما، ولولاه مكانش الفراعنة قدروا ينقلوا الأحجار الجيرية الثقيلة التي استخدمت في البناء.
https://t.co/UxiRZdLnwP
https://t.co/IP5mlQF7Gc https://t.co/K3Wsc0rnrm
Aug 30, 2022 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 43,433 followersView post →
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Phys.org
@physorg_com · X
Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews https://t.co/lFMAeO4oEe https://t.co/MGqbfeLKVW
Aug 30, 2022 · 17 likes · 5 shares · 1,008,662 followersView post →
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IGEO (CSIC-UCM)
@IGeociencias · X
Aquí podéis encontrar información más detallada de cómo se realizó la investigación y los datos obtenidos.
Sheisha H., et al 2022. Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE
https://t.co/cCKafB1RJD
Dec 15, 2023 · 9 likes · 1 share · 72,637 followersView post →
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A study explores the environmental conditions of the Khufu branch of the #NileRiver that enabled construction of the #pyramids of #Giza during the 3rd millennium BCE. In @nytimes: https://t.co/amqwOEkf0K In PNAS: https://t.co/RxfBSlIchF https://t.co/kiLIZDcFiO
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@kingskroinkie @adancingferret @AppalachianPoet Yeah no ok, I had this talk too often now to continue from here on out. If it's just about showing you the last unicorn to prove there are no more unicorns, then I can't do that.
Here are some papers on the boat use. Cheers.
https://t.co/WfveBKur3O
https://t.co/sbffz2oDgn
@DaroDarai @orthodoxluigi Scientific evidence strongly suggests that the Kemites highly likely floated stones for the Myrs via the Nile’s Khufu branch (https://t.co/dy7xwAc9FS), then sledded them on wet sand to cut friction (https://t.co/natHtlIYXk). Ramps did the lifting with simple & smart engineering.
@Unexplained2020 Egyptians were outstanding engineering architects. This is the work of human hands, not by aliens or another far-fetched ideas.
https://t.co/zPDDzfdKI5
https://t.co/l8eu3PxR9P
Nov 17, 2024 · 1 like · 1,351 followersView post →
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Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://bit.ly/3QYYu1v
Aquí podéis encontrar información más detallada de cómo se realizó la investigación y los datos obtenidos.
Sheisha H., et al 2022. Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE
https://t.co/cCKafB1RJD
Dec 15, 2023 · 9 likes · 1 share · 72,637 followersView post →
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Miquel MG
@miquelmigar · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
Dec 2, 2023 · 12 shares · 346 followersView post →
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Romina
@bibyesponjacion · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
Dec 2, 2023 · 12 shares · 419 followersView post →
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Zakur Rex
@Zakurex · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
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Manuela
@Manuela34537619 · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
Dec 2, 2023 · 12 shares · 4,536 followersView post →
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Luisagr
@luisagrsa · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
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Franz
@FranzFranzudet · X
RT @CDorado75: Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) h…
Dec 2, 2023 · 12 shares · 2,746 followersView post →
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César Dorado
@CDorado75 · X
Os dejo el enlace de los estudios:
- Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids (H. Sheisha, 2022) https://t.co/e6z4zBJf7N
- The discovery of the Ahramat Nile Branch: a ancient waterway of the pyramid chain of Egypt (T. Ralph 2023) https://t.co/aGfr8eanJE https://t.co/NUzPo9dSRq
Dec 2, 2023 · 130 likes · 12 shares · 33,596 followersView post →
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Dari Pulau Ke Pulau
@PulaukePulau · X
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | PNAS https://t.co/4pkbEZT1Ru
@Culture_Crit I didn't make this up. Here is a research study and NY Times article. This was before climate change rendered the area inhospitable.
https://t.co/AYFNUFaeuB
https://t.co/EVZolSZweR https://t.co/MvVyYA4d7g
Todavía no lo leí pero, será???!!
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/rDdfDr5RlC
Apr 15, 2023 · 1 like · 1,471 followersView post →
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Hugo Ortega
@Hurricanehugo13 · X
@MacScopeCrypto @CiprianLewis @HistoryInPics in fact part of the reason this "flotation technique" was even possible was the different environemental and climate conditions during the time of Kufu
https://t.co/d5ODHW6RSI
[hal-03764518] Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE by Hader Sheisha et al. https://t.co/X0oFroBwnj
RT @LaboTheMA: L'étude d'une équipe internationale de chercheurs dont N. Marriner @LaboTheMA qui dévoile les conditions environnementales q…
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Dominique FRAISSE
@FraisseDominiq3 · X
RT @LaboTheMA: L'étude d'une équipe internationale de chercheurs dont N. Marriner @LaboTheMA qui dévoile les conditions environnementales q…
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Service Sciences, Arts et Culture
@SSAC_Univfc · X
RT @LaboTheMA: L'étude d'une équipe internationale de chercheurs dont N. Marriner @LaboTheMA qui dévoile les conditions environnementales q…
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Laboratoire ThéMA
@LaboTheMA · X
L'étude d'une équipe internationale de chercheurs dont N. Marriner @LaboTheMA qui dévoile les conditions environnementales qui ont favorisé la construction des pyramides de Gizeh est parue dans @PNASNews
▶️https://t.co/pcNAAnbqRT
▶️https://t.co/PEE6Fp6nyi https://t.co/JoqXcUykua
Nov 29, 2022 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 566 followersView post →
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andres r
@lorduruz · X
@redhistoria De pasada "los paisajes acuáticos del Nilo facilitaron la construcción de las pirámides de Giza durante el tercer milenio"
https://t.co/PcfwgBgwZE
@redhistoria @ojarus Al analizar muestras de polen antiguo de estratos subterráneos, queda claro que "los otrora paisajes ribereños y altos niveles de agua" facilitaron a los constructores de las pirámides de Giza un canal navegable, publicó el equipo de investigación
https://t.co/Q64JCgnQYn
A study explores the environmental conditions of the Khufu branch of the #NileRiver that enabled construction of the #pyramids of #Giza during the 3rd millennium BCE. In @PopMech: https://t.co/DJpAGoUXgz In PNAS: https://t.co/KLaJzTUgkW https://t.co/tg2TcFnSbb
Sep 16, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 181,690 followersView post →
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Hasan G. Bahçekapılı
@InsanEvrim · X
Gize piramitlerini uzaylılar inşa etmemiş. Eski Mısırlılar Nil'in şu anda var olmayan bir kolunu kullanarak Gize platosuna malzeme taşımışlar.
https://t.co/nstsZCGayS
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/fJLBRObJbl
Sto studio conferma una teoria vecchia come il cucco: i costruttori di #piramidi usavano il #Nilo per trasportare i pesanti blocchi che compongono ste meraviglie stratosferiche.
Antichi si, ma intelligenti de più!
#Egitto
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Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/IBt7PYXCxq
#Nile #waterscapes facilitated the #construction of the #Giza #pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | #Proceedings of the #National #Academy of #Sciences https://t.co/1uUdyTfSma
A study explores the environmental conditions of the Khufu branch of the #NileRiver that enabled construction of the #pyramids of #Giza during the 3rd millennium BCE. In @nytimes: https://t.co/amqwOEkf0K In PNAS: https://t.co/RxfBSlIchF https://t.co/kiLIZDcFiO
H. Sheisha et al., Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the third millennium @PNASNews https://t.co/hyODuDK10X https://t.co/tsjSIGGPts
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/XAWMFvuN0C
Study in the paleoecology of the Nile helps to explain construction of Great Pyramid complex: https://t.co/qH8rtgj0kV and for the PNAS article (university access): https://t.co/qbXPgJ8mCI
Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/a6abfr9AzZ
A study traces the rise and fall of water levels in the Khufu branch of the Nile River during the 3rd millennium BCE, offering a window into the environmental conditions that enabled construction of the #pyramids of #Giza. In PNAS: https://t.co/L5rWr8YIrK #Egypt https://t.co/IUTyUekByI
Aug 31, 2022 · 6 likes · 4 shares · 181,690 followersView post →
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JackTamisiea
@jack_tamisiea · X
Check out the new @PNASNews paper to learn more about how this ancient waterway facilitated the construction of these iconic monuments: https://t.co/3E2vUDNz6M
Aug 31, 2022 · 1 like · 1,160 followersView post →
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Ali Alshaikh
@hera2120 · X
RT @virolvlog: بحث ظريف في مجلة PNAS يقدم أدلة علمية على وجود فرع مفقود من فروع النيل بالقرب من منطقة الأهرام الحالية.
الفرع كان موجود قبل…
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Ghassan
@G_Samman · X
RT @virolvlog: بحث ظريف في مجلة PNAS يقدم أدلة علمية على وجود فرع مفقود من فروع النيل بالقرب من منطقة الأهرام الحالية.
الفرع كان موجود قبل…
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Islam Hussein
@virolvlog · X
بحث ظريف في مجلة PNAS يقدم أدلة علمية على وجود فرع مفقود من فروع النيل بالقرب من منطقة الأهرام الحالية.
الفرع كان موجود قبل 8000 سنة، ولكنه جف تماما، ولولاه مكانش الفراعنة قدروا ينقلوا الأحجار الجيرية الثقيلة التي استخدمت في البناء.
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Aug 30, 2022 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 43,433 followersView post →
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RT @physorg_com: Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews htt…
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RT @physorg_com: Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews htt…
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jamnic77 https://bsky.app/profile/jamnic
@jamnic77 · X
RT @physorg_com: Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews htt…
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Science X
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RT @physorg_com: Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews htt…
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Phys.org
@physorg_com · X
Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the pyramids @PNASNews https://t.co/lFMAeO4oEe https://t.co/MGqbfeLKVW
Aug 30, 2022 · 17 likes · 5 shares · 1,008,662 followersView post →
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Shyznogud
@Shyznogud · X
Un bras du Nil aujourd’hui disparu au cœur du chantier des pyramides https://t.co/UtXkf6UsU4
O estudo referido no texto, e publicado na PNAS, está aqui https://t.co/AoFaY5Drsx https://t.co/npZ4kJ9pZw
Aug 30, 2022 · 1 like · 7,365 followersView post →
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