A map of the Nile River with political boundaries. (Photo: Rainer Lesniewski/Shutterstock) The Nile has three main tributaries: the White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Atbara.

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth ...

A now-extinct stretch of the Nile River once flowed close to Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments before disappearing, according to new ...

The Nile River is the longest river in Africa, possibly the world. ... its topographic diversity and highly marginalized segments of the population, make it additionally vulnerable.” ...

The quest to discover the source of the Nile River was one of the most important scientific questions of the 19th century in Europe. While it’s difficult to envision such conundrum in the era of ...

Scott Simon talks with Candice Millard about 19th century British exploration and her new book, "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile." ...

What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

Ghoneim and her colleagues refer to this extinct branch of the Nile river as Ahramat, which is Arabic for pyramids. Ancient Egyptians likely used the now-extinct Ahramat Branch to build many pyramids.