# Boats brought Tura limestone and Aswan granite along a Nile branch and canals to a harbour at the foot of the…

> Most likely: Boats brought Tura limestone and Aswan granite along a Nile branch and canals to a harbour at the foot of the plateau.

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# Boats brought Tura limestone and Aswan granite along a Nile branch and canals to a harbour at the foot of the…

Boats brought Tura limestone and Aswan granite along a Nile branch and canals to a harbour at the foot of the plateau.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A navigable channel near the plateau in the Fourth Dynasty and harbour basins at the causeway ends.

## What would rule it out

- Palaeo-environmental evidence of no navigable water near Giza in the period.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[A 64 km former branch runs along the whole pyramid chain with causeways ending on its bank.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP4S07XFE/a-64-km-former-branch-runs-along-the-whole-pyramid-chain)

Supported

FOR

[Merer's crew sailed from Tura to the pyramid and unloaded at the basin She-Khufu.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP49C0A62/merers-crew-sailed-from-tura-to-the-pyramid-and-unloaded-at)

Established

FOR

[Pollen cores show a Khufu branch with high water in the Fourth Dynasty.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMP4H67FBC/pollen-cores-show-a-khufu-branch-with-high-water-in-the)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[How did the stone reach the plateau?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/questions/QST0CSMNVQY7M8Q/how-did-the-stone-reach-the-plateau)

Part of [Who built the Great Pyramid, and how was the work organised?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/questions/QST0CSMNV8A4GQV/who-built-the-great-pyramid-and-how-was-the-work-organised)

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