Name: Scanning the Nile | Lost Cities of the Delta
Uploaded: 2024-02-22
Duration: 52 min
Description: In northern Egypt, underwater and aerial drones reveal the exceptional archaeological sites of two ancient, sunken cities at the mouth of the Nile. Learn how these cities are linked to the river Delta, and discover the remarkable funerary treasure found in Tanis.

International scientists use the latest archaeological technology to scan the Nile river. What secrets will they find?

In northern Egypt, underwater and aerial drones reveal the exceptional archaeological sites of two ancient, sunken cities at the mouth of the Nile. Learn how these cities are linked to the river Delta, and discover the remarkable funerary treasure found in Tanis.

Lost Cities of the Delta

In Cairo, evidence shows how floodings of the Nile impacted ancient Egyptian civilization by fertilizing the earth and providing water to the canals used to construct the pyramids. A LiDar scan reveals one of these canals near Saqqarah, while underwater drones bring the pyramid of Hawara to light.

Lost Routes to the Pyramids

Built on the shores of the Nile, Luxor is home to the greatest monuments of the New Kingdom: the Karnak complex, the Temple of Denderah, and the million-year-old castle of Ramses II. New technology reveals treasures engulfed by the Nile and explains the daily life of the ancient Egyptians.

Traces of the Pharaohs of Luxor

Dive into the waters of Elephantine Island to discover the oldest Nilometer, which measured the water level. Also, scientists examine how the Nile was used to carry construction stones, and to transport pieces of temples and pharaonic statues downriver from the stone quarries.