Despite the Great Pyramids of Giza being one of the most studied archeological sites in the world, they still remain quite a mystery to experts. Most notably, archeologists could never seem to definitively explain how they were built, as the stone building materials were likely sourced quite far away.
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00:03 Despite the Great Pyramids of Giza being one of the most studied archaeological sites in the world,
00:08 they still remain quite a mystery to experts.
00:10 Most notably, archaeologists could never seem to definitively explain how they were built,
00:15 as the stone building materials were sourced quite far away.
00:18 However, experts have now used satellite radar imaging to uncover a secret buried for millennia.
00:23 In addition to the Great Pyramids of Giza,
00:25 there are a total of 31 pyramids built in what is now completely inhospitable desert.
00:30 However, experts now say that their satellite imaging has revealed
00:33 there used to be an ancient branch of the Nile River
00:36 that ran right along next to where all of them were built.
00:39 This is what the 40-mile stretch of waterway likely looked like
00:42 between 4700 and 3700 years ago when the pyramids were all built.
00:46 And as you can see, it runs right next to all of these famed archaeological sites.
00:50 This waterway would have been used to ferry the giant stone building blocks from their point of origin
00:55 all the way to the pyramid construction sites.
00:57 This is what experts have expected for a while, but were never able to confirm.
01:01 The stones used to build the pyramids were diverse in size,
01:04 however, the largest weigh upwards of 10 tons.
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