10 Facts About The Step Pyramid of Djoser That History Books Won’t Tell You
Thousands of years ago, a man called Djoser ruled over the land of Egypt. Mainstream Egyptologists placed his reign around…
Thousands of years ago, a man called Djoser ruled over the land of Egypt. Mainstream Egyptologists placed his reign around…
The Ecological Threat Register for 2020, published in September of 2020, received a wide response in Europe, predicting a global…
It is unimaginable how much of our modern life has been influenced by ancient civilizations. Following my previous articles on…
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The mythology and religious ideas of the ancient Romans were initially extremely simplistic. In other words, their ancient deities were…
The monumental statues of the Bamiyan Buddhas were the most significant historical site in Afghanistan for more than a millennium…
“Sometimes I’ll pick up the “heart of the jungle” fossil on my bookshelf, or pull out my old field notebooks…
The culture of Paracas was one of the first complex societies known in South America. Its name comes from the…
For most, the summer and winter solstices are nothing more than regular days that mark the longest and shortest days…
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer’s day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again…
When the European settlers of North America first set out west, they discovered strange earth mounds in the Midwest and…
Of all the monuments in ancient Egypt, not is as imposing as the Great Sphinx of Giza. Carved out of…
Due to China’s relative secrecy, any find, especially an unexpected one obtained as a result of a random flight or…
“If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that…
Covering more than 71% of the planet, the Еarth’s oceans are rugged and unexplored. We can only guess what’s under…
Tutankhamun’s subjects regarded him partly as a god and partly as a man. In 1323 BC, his death put an…
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul.” Even though Ireland…
The thirteen towers of Chanquillo are considered the oldest astronomical complex in the Americas. Thousands of years ago, complex cultures…
If you ask anyone which ancient monument impresses him the most, chances are they will say the pyramids. It doesn’t…
Thousands of years ago, cultures around the globe worshipped the sun. This is no surprise since the sun is the…
How did the ancient civilizations build such grand structures of multiton stones? How did they transport them from hundreds of…
The Great Pyramid of Giza is, without a reason of a doubt, one of the most studied ancient monuments on…