“This is the first study to provide the first map of the long-lost ancient branch of the Nile River.” Ghoneim and her colleagues refer to this extinct branch of the Nile river as Ahramat ...

Nile or Amazon? It’s not as straightforward as you think. Let’s untangle the science, measurements, and muddy sources behind ...

A map of the Nile River with political boundaries. (Photo: Rainer Lesniewski/Shutterstock) The Nile has three main tributaries: the White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Atbara.

In 1846, according to the atlas “Maps of Useful Knowledge,” the Amazon was the world’s longest river, at 3,200 miles; the Nile came in at 2,750. Advertisement ...

It also relied on sediment cores and maps from 1911 to uncover and trace the imprint of the ancient waterway. Such tools are helping environmental scientists map the ancient Nile, which is now ...

“This is the first study to provide the first map of the long-lost ancient branch of the Nile River.” Ghoneim and her colleagues refer to this extinct branch of the Nile river as Ahramat ...

The inhospitable location has long puzzled archaeologists, some of whom had found evidence that the Nile River once flowed near these pyramids in some capacity, facilitating the landmarks ...