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The Nile’s Ancient Secret: How Africa’s Greatest River Once Emptied Into an Ocean That No Longer Exists

Six million years ago, the mighty Nile River followed a completely different path, flowing westward across Africa to empty into the Atlantic Ocean instead of north into the Mediterranean. This dramatic course change was triggered by one of the most extraordinary geological events in Earth’s history: the complete drying up of the Mediterranean Sea.

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