Archaeology Headlines: Egyptian Canals and Ancient Cataclysms

Canal Linking Ancient Egypt Quarry to Nile Found

It has long been suspected that some of the buidling blocks for the pyramids and other great stoneworks in Egypt were floated to their destination instead of moved across the land.

Ancient artwork shows Egyptians using boats or barges to move large monuments like obelisks and statues, and canals have also been discovered at the Giza pyramids and the Luxor Temple.

Experts have discovered a canal at an Aswan rock quarry that they believe was used to help float some of ancient Egypt's largest stone monuments to the Nile River.

Ancient Cataclysm Rearranged Pacific Map, Study Says

I have always found plate tectonics fascinating. The thought of rock moving over pools of lava to form mountains and canyons or rifts. A new theory is evolving about changes that occured in the Pacific Ocean Basin 50 million years ago.

Using geophysical data gathered by scientists from Australia and Russia, the team confirmed that the ridge plunged underneath a plate of Earth's crust that stretches between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

The Japanese landmass then acted as a vast plug in the crack between the plates, changing their movement and rearranging the geography of the Pacific, the team found.

Australia would have been an icy piece of property had this event not occured (I am sure the Australians are happy that they were spared that).