Now, an important part of the mystery of the Egyptian pyramids may have been solved ... have been built along a long-lost branch of the river Nile. And it could help explain why they now seem ...

Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the water course from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid. The water is then transferred to the pyramid's network of pipes ...

Little is known about Djoser, but the fact that he was able to build such a massive and innovative structure as the Step Pyramid suggests that during his reign Egypt was politically stable ...

In her 1877 book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile ... to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204-foot ...

A dried-up Nile ... the pyramids were built. This ancient waterway once flowed through Giza, possibly ferrying materials for Egypt's wonders. Dubbed the Ahramat Branch, this now-defunct river ...