Eman Ghoneim

Eman Ghoneim (Arabic: إيمان غنيم) is an Egyptian/American geomorphologist. In March 2006, Dr. Ghoneim, together with Farouk El-Baz, discovered the Kebira Crater, a possible impact crater (astrobleme) in the Sahara. In 2007, while processing microwave space data (radar imagery), she discovered an ancient Mega-Lake (30,750 km²) buried beneath the sand of the Great Sahara in Northern Darfur, Sudan. In May 2024, Ghoneim and her team, using Radar Remote Sensing, discovered a long-lost ancient branch of the Nile River, dubbed the Ahramat (Arabic for pyramids), given its close proximity to the largest concentration of pyramids in Egypt. Ghoneim's findings suggest that this branch was suitably sized to act as a transportation waterway for workmen and building materials to the pyramids’ sites. The discovered Ahramat Branch likely played a vital role in the pyramids’ construction. Provided by Wikipedia