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Work With Natural Forces Rather Than Fight Them. 5.12.25
The findings don’t close every gap in the long saga of Egypt’s pyramids, but they do open an inviting corridor for future digs.
Drill cores from the Dry Moat’s silt layers could confirm lake deposits; mineral stains on interior shafts might betray repeated wet cycles.
Either way, the Step Pyramid is an engineering marvel that continues to teach us that even in antiquity, people were willing to tackle colossal challenges with solutions as fluid as the Nile itself.
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Lithium deposit exposes priorities
“This feature is 16 million years old, and we’re making decisions in a matter of years,” said Sammy Castonguay, a geologist at Treasure Valley Community College.
Castonguay’s statement has stirred local debate over how the development might reshape the high desert.
Industry advocates see a path to addressing the ballooning need for electric vehicle batteries.
