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…
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How Did the Ancient Egyptians Transport Massive 200-ton Stones?
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Throughout the extensive history of Egypt, this ancient civilization has managed to construct some of the most challenging and daring…
3 Perplexing Videos Showing the Inside of the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Though to have been built more than 4,500 years ago during ancient Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty reign of King Khufu, the…
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…
Scientists: Earth May Have Been Inhabited by Advanced Civilizations Before Humans
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What if thousands of years ago, long before the first ancient civilizations developed and walked the surface of our planet,…
Archeological Discovery Sheds Rare Light on the Ancient Kingdom of Aksum
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A rare archeological discovery offers scholars unprecedented details on Aksum’s lost ancient kingdom, one of Africa’s most influential ancient civilizations….
The Pyramids of Giza and the Missing Pharaoh Mummies
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Of all the ancient Egyptian Pyramids— there are about 120—those located at Giza are the rock stars of the ancient…
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…
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…
10 Images of Ancient Egypt’s Sunken City of Heracleion You Should See
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Many ancient cities around the world were mentioned in ancient texts but never found. Some of them are thought to…
Here’s What the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Look Like From Space
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The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous ancient monument on the planet’s surface. If you ask any traveler which…
The Last Giza Pyramid: 7 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Pyramid of Menkaure
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With a base area less than a quarter of that of the Pyramid of Khufu and Khafre, having an original…
10 Unusual Images of the Giza Pyramids as Seen From a Different Perspective
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We are accustomed to seeing Giza’s pyramids surrounded by Egypt’s golden sand, the desert, and nothing around them but ancient…
3 Striking Aspects About the Purpose of Ancient Pyramids
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Why Pyramids and why the pyramidal shape? There are countless pyramids scattered across the globe built across thousands of years…
3 Striking Archeological Discoveries Made at the Saqqara Necropolis
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This city of the dead in stone and sand is the otherworldly counterpart of the living city of Memphis in…
3 Things You Should Know About The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
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The most famous pyramids on Earth, although not the most numerous, are located in modern-day Egypt. The three perhaps most…
Hemiunu: The Great Vizier and Architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza
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4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have been built on the arid Giza plateau, not…
The Valley of Whales in the Middle of Egypt’s Desert is Millions of Years old
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An ancient Egyptian desert, once a vast ocean, guards the secret of one of the most remarkable transformations in the…
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Rock-Cut Temples of Abu Simbel
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By far, the most formidable building project begun during the reign of Ramesses II was the two stone temples carved…
5 Reasons Why We Still Don’t Know the True Purpose of the Pyramids
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“…men are capable of perceiving the Pyramid in an astonishing number of ways. Some have thought the Pyramid was an…