A vast engineering system beside one of ancient Egypt‘s oldest pyramids has offered a tantalizing new clue to how the iconic structures were actually built.
Two enormous structures buried beneath the sands have been uncovered near the Red Pyramid, stretching across an entire valley and resembling colossal dams rather than roads. The Red Pyramid is located roughly 15 to 25 miles south of Cairo.
For decades, the mysterious formations were interpreted as a stone-transport route and a natural rise in the landscape.
But a new study has argued that they formed part of a sophisticated hydraulic network designed to capture floodwater, trap sediment and
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