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…
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3 Reasons Why We Still Don’t Know the Age of the Egyptian Pyramids
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How do we know how old some of the pyramids on Earth are? It’s a tough question to ask. Although…
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…
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,…
The Heart of a Pyramid: 8 Stumping Images of the Great Pyramid’s Interior
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Of all the pyramids that exist worldwide, the Great Pyramid of Giza captivates us the most. This is for different…
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 Egypt’s Bent Pyramid Got its Bend
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Known also as the False or Rhomboidal Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid of Egypt is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian engineering,…
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,…
Archaeologists Scan Ancient Egyptian Cat Mummy and Make Unexpected Find
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The method of embalming or treating the deceased body that the ancient Egyptians used is called mummification. Using distinctive methods,…
5 Confounding Archaeological Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Egypt is a land filled with archeological mysteries, some of which have even turned into legends. Of all the…
Desert Scan in Egypt Reveals Traces of Ancient Pyramid Buried Beneath the Sand
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Of all the pyramids globally, the ancient Egyptian pyramids hold a special place in human history. Egypt isn’t home to…
La Danta: One of the Largest Pyramids on Earth is Hidden Beneath the Forest
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One of the most awe-inspiring pyramids built in the ancient Maya world is the so-called Pyramid of La Danta. Built…
3 Reasons American Pyramids Are as Imposing as Egyptian Pyramids
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Have you ever wondered where Earth’s most imposing pyramids are located? While many believe these are in Africa, some of…
This is the Oldest Known Map of the Ancient Egyptian Underworld
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The map is illustrated in the form of engravings that were discovered inside a 4,000-year-old sarcophagus. The “map of the…
3 Unrecorded Yet Striking Features of The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The Great Pyramid of Giza–the largest of the three ancient Pyramids at the Giza plateau–is a building worthy of gods….
Why Are There No Texts Mentioning Ancient Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Long before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty during the Old Kingdom and the founder of this…
9 Misconceptions About The Great Pyramid of Giza
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Most people on Earth who have at least seen images of the Great Pyramid of Giza would probably agree that…