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HISTORICAL EXPLORATION
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🧑‍🔬 Early Curiosity
Ancient Egyptians and Greeks wondered where the Nile began. Herodotus called it the “gift of the Nile.”
They only knew it flowed from “far away lands,” but the source remained a mystery for centuries.
🏞️ 19th-Century Exploration
Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke (1850s) were British explorers seeking the source.
Speke identified Lake Victoria as the Nile’s main source (White Nile), despite disputes from Burton.
Henry Morton Stanley later confirmed this in the 1870s.