Older Than History: 3 Ancient Cities That Predate Pyramids by Around 5,000 Years
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Yes, the pyramids are among the oldest monumental structures on the surface of the planet. But just because the pyramids…
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Here Are 3 Incredible Videos Showing the Interior of Ancient Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid
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One of the oldest pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is one of the least known and least…
Researchers Find Ancient 3,600-Year-Old Mummy Near Luxor
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The archaeological mission “Djehuty Project“, led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has excavated, at an archeological site dubbed…
A Look Into the Secret Behind The Great Pyramid’s Stumping Alignment
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Several thousands of years ago, countless pyramids were built around the globe. Although we are all familiar with one pyramid,…
13 Photographs That Show the Size of Ancient Pyramids Around the World
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Pyramids were built on nearly every continent on the surface of the planet. No matter where we decide to look,…
Inside Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid: 3 Exclusive Videos That Show the Heart of the Step Pyramid
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The Step Pyramid of Djoser has been reopened to the public after 14 years. Explore the core of the Pyramid…
21 Jaw-Dropping Aerial Images of the Ancient Pyramids You Need To See
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The truly gigantic size of the pyramids of Giza is hard to describe. The three main pyramids—perhaps the most famous…
Egyptian Pyramids Align With Ancient North Star, An Eclipsing Binary According to NASA
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The exact reason why Ancient Egyptian pyramids were built with such sophistication and precision has long-bothered experts who have studied…
3 Ancient Egyptian Cities That Predate The Pyramids By Thousands of Years
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Of all ancient cities in Egypt, none is perhaps as important and majestic as Hut-Ka-Ptah. We are talking about Memphis,…
Electricity in Ancient Egypt? The Temple of Hathor and the Controversial Dendera Light
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There is a curious illustration inside Hathor’s temple at Dendera, known as the “Dendera Light.” In addition to Egypt’s mighty…
The Birth of An Ancient Pyramid: How Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid Came to Be
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Of all the pyramids on Earth, none are as captivating perhaps as the pyramids of Egypt. It is not because…
Mystery in Stone: How Did the Ancient Egyptians Move Massive 720-ton Statues?
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In the middle of what is now Egypt stand two towering ancient statutes dubbed the Colossi of Memnon. Each of…
3 Reasons Why The Great Pyramid Could Predate Khufu
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Mainstream Egyptologists generally agree that Pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid of Giza as his eternal resting place around 4,500…
Were All 3 Ancient Giza Pyramids Built With 8 and Not 4 Sides?
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There are thousands of pyramids scattered across the globe, ranging from small pyramids of only a few meters in height…
The Great Sphinx Is So Old It Was Restored For the First Time 3,500 Years Ago
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None of all the carved monuments on the planet are as enigmatic and mysterious as Giza’s Great Sphinx. Cut from…
3 Discoveries Made Inside Ancient Egyptian Pyramids That May Help Reveal Their Purpose
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The exact number of pyramids in Egypt remains a debatable number. However, experts will probably agree that there are around…
Why Ancient Pyramid Builders Never Recorded How the Pyramids Were Built
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If you were to ask a world traveler of all the ancient monuments on Earth, which made the strongest impression,…
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Ancient Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid
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Regarded as the oldest pyramid ever built in Egypt, the Step pyramid is a true ancient wonder of ancient Egyptian…
5 Incredible Things People Don’t But Should Know About the Great Pyramid of Giza
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No other ancient monument on the planet’s surface has the ability to leave one breathless as the Great Pyramid of…
Here’s How Ancient Pyramid Builders Oriented the Pyramids Using the Stars
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Like all technology, whether it is old or new, when it comes down to building the pyramids, we look at…
How 3 Generations of Pharaohs Built the Most Massive Egyptian Pyramids
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Whenever the word Pyramid is mentioned, that of Khufu–the Great Pyramid of Giza–springs immediately to mind. It is because the…
Pyramidomania: 10 Striking Step Pyramid Facts You Didn’t Learn in School
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Thousands of years ago, our ancestors built pyramids across the entire planet. It’s as if for some reason, different cultures,…