Was it always this dry by the pyramids at Giza?
Thanks to modern images of Egypt's iconic pyramids towering over a vast sandscape, many people assume this area is, and always has been, a desert. But considering that climates and landscapes can change over time and that humans have been known to alter natural environments, was ancient Egypt a desert? And is Egypt still considered a desert today?
Some areas of Egypt that are now desert were wetter in the past. One famous example is the"Cave of Swimmers" on the Gilf Kebir plateau in southwestern Egypt. Today, the area is very arid, but thousands of years ago, it was moister, and some of the rock art found in caves in the area appears to show people swimming, according to the British Museum . This rock art dates back between 6,000 and 9,000 years ago, the British Museum notes.
The construction of the dam also ended the natural flooding of the Nile. There's"no natural flood anymore; that's for sure," Manning said. The creation of Lake Nasser also led to more moisture in the air in some areas of southern Egypt, Manning noted.
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