CIVILIZATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nile is the longest river on Earth and has persisted for millions of years. It has been suggested that the Nile in its present path is 6 million years old, whereas others argue that it may have formed much earlier in geological history. Now, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have solved this riddle.
Detailed explanation-2: -THE source of the Nile river remained a mystery to Europeans for thousands of years. Now another puzzle has finally been solved: the source of the river in deep time.
Detailed explanation-3: -New research shows that the Nile has kept about the same course for its entire 30-million-year existence. This is likely thanks to a reliable flow of rocky material just below the Earth’s surface, which continually pushes up the Ethiopian Highlands, where the river starts, says an international team of researchers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nile River and the Desert The geography of northern Egypt enabled the rise of civilization there approximately 7, 000 years ago.