What Happened to The Pyramidion of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Thousands of years ago, and after a series of “lesser” pyramids, a fourth-dynasty Pharaoh is thought to have commissioned an…
Thousands of years ago, and after a series of “lesser” pyramids, a fourth-dynasty Pharaoh is thought to have commissioned an…
10,000 light-years away, there’s a black hole and a companion star. Together, these two comic objects are from the so-called…
A comprehensive study of ancient DNA offers an intriguing window into the past, illuminating the heritage of the Canaanites, an…
There are various considerations why Göbekli Tepe is a history-changing site. Here are three reasons I think Göbekli Tepe is…
Around 3,000 BC, an ancient Sumerian astronomer was observing the sky as he usually would. While he was making observations,…
Get ready to dive into the mind of one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen, the great…
According to reports, while going through aerial images of a region in the Ural mountains, a group of explorers claims…
Spoiler alert: It was not aliens. There are many megalithic stones around the globe that are powerful tourism magnets. Many…
Some 12,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, a mysterious people in present-day Turkey built a never-before-seen temple. Using…
With the help of human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics, and isotope analysis, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for…
The Great Pyramid of Giza, its two neighboring, towering pyramids, and the monolithic statue of a monument carved with the…
Recognized as the oldest pyramid in ancient Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser is an architectural marvel from the era…
New research attributes the absence of debris from the asteroid that may have caused the large 1908 explosion over Tunguska…
According to the “Book of Revelation”, Megiddo – an ancient “city” located 90 kilometers from Jerusalem – will be the…
During excavations at the Japanese Imperial Palace in Kyoto, archaeologists discovered the remains of a 16th-century stone wall and golden…
An archaeological mission in Saqqara has discovered a strange mummy buried with six instead of four Canopic jars and reference…
We’ve probably seen obelisks at least once in our lifetime. These ancient structures have survived for thousands of years and…
One of the oldest known board games on Earth is called Senet. Archaeological excavations of tombs from the First Egyptian…
Although the Aztec Sun Stone (Piedra del Sol) is commonly known as a calendar for keeping a count of the…
Beyond a reason of a doubt, Egypt’s ancient pyramids are the most famous monuments in existence and continue fascinating people…
Academics acknowledge a massive structure as the oldest temple ever constructed on the surface of the planet, located in present-day…
In 2016, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history after it flew past Pluto, our solar system’s former planet, now a…