Was Egypt green when the pyramids were built?

At the time the Giza pyramid complex was built—between 2670 and 2500 BCE—the channel was about 40% as high as during the African Humid Period, a peak wet period more than 1,000 years prior. This earlier period saw relatively soggy conditions throughout northern Africa and a mostly green Sahara desert.



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Desert, camels and workers toiling under the scorching sun, this is how ancient Egypt is often portrayed in cinema. In fact, the real ancient Egypt was a fertile green land, blessed with plentiful rivers and full of Stunning huge gardens and orchards.

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Perhaps such images were created by people before embarking on a journey through the desert,” said Polkowski. The deserts surrounding Egypt were not always deserts. The archaeologist says that 10–8,000 years ago this place was full of life - it was a savannah inhabited by numerous animals.

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Many people have said that the pyramids would last 1 million years or even until the world ended, but I'd say around 10,000 to 100,000 years based on current observations.

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This mighty stone formed part of an outer layer of fine white limestone that would have made the sides completely smooth. It was polished until it shone so that the pyramid would have gleamed in the sun.

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This is something impossible since Archaeology and history tell us that the pyramids at the Giza plateau are around 4.500 years old.

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In Predynastic and Early Dynastic times, the Egyptian climate was much less arid than it is today. Large regions of Egypt were covered in treed savanna and traversed by herds of grazing ungulates. Foliage and fauna were far more prolific in all environs, and the Nile region supported large populations of waterfowl.

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