The Mysteries of Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid
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Of all the ancient Egyptian pyramids, none is as mysterious and unique as the Bent Pyramid. Believed to have been…
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The Megalithic Structure of the Pyramid of Userkaf
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Pharaoh Userkaf founded the Fifth Dynasty in ancient Egypt. During the Old Kingdom period in the early 25th century BC,…
The Great Pyramid reveals its construction process
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is, without reason of a doubt, one of the most incredible feats of engineering in…
Archeologists Make “Dream Find” After Excavating 3,300-year-Old Stone Sarcophagus
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The recently-found Sarcophagus, remarkably intact and well-preserved, is thought to have belonged to an ancient Egyptian nobleman who served as…
The Great Sphinx, Secret Tunnels, and an Unexplored Underground World
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Although the pyramids of Giza are without a doubt one of the greatest, most impressive structures of the ancient world,…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Pyramids of Meroe
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Everyone has heard of the Egyptian pyramids, but few people know that there are almost 200 pyramids in the desert…
Unwritten Mystery: Why Doesn’t Tutankhamun’s Dagger Rust?
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In 1922, Howard Carter unearthed a burial in the Valley of the Kings, containing many unique objects of ancient Egyptian…
The “Golden” Chamber Under The Pyramids of Teotihuacan
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Teotihuacan was born in modern-day Mexico more than 2,000 years ago by an unknown civilization. During the heyday of the…
10 Reasons Why An Advanced “Atlantis-Like” Mother Civilization Could Have Existed in the Distant Past
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I have been saying that a fine line divides mythology from facts for quite some time now. And honestly, I…
10 Facts About The Step Pyramid of Djoser That History Books Won’t Tell You
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Thousands of years ago, a man called Djoser ruled over the land of Egypt. Mainstream Egyptologists placed his reign around…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About North America’s Serpent Mound
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When the European settlers of North America first set out west, they discovered strange earth mounds in the Midwest and…
Unwritten Mystery: 5 Secrets The Great Sphinx Refuses to Reveal
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Of all the monuments in ancient Egypt, not is as imposing as the Great Sphinx of Giza. Carved out of…
10 Most Significant Treasures Found in Tutankhamun’s Tomb in Pictures
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Tutankhamun’s subjects regarded him partly as a god and partly as a man. In 1323 BC, his death put an…
10 Things You Likely Didn’t Know About Serapeum of Saqqara and Its Sacred Api Bulls
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The Serapeum of Saqqara has remained a mystery since its re-discovery in 1850. It is the cemetery of the personified…
10 Things You Should Know About Imhotep, The First Pyramid Architect
Imhotep was a mythological figure in the Egyptian civilization but his genealogy remained unclear. He was known as a powerful…
10 Things You Should Know About the World’s Oldest Harbor
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Egyptologists were the happiest people in the world back in 2011 when an archaeological mission set with a completely different…
Here Are 11 of the Oldest Examples of Written Language in History
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The exact number of written languages used in the ancient world will forever remain a secret as archaeology continues to…
3 Important Reasons the Diary of Merer Isn’t Evidence of How the Great Pyramid Was Built
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The pyramid building fever is thought to have begun in Egypt during the Third Dynasty reign of Djoser. He is…
5 Archaeological Discoveries That Changed the World
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Can you imagine how our modern world would look like if archaeology did not exist? In what other way would…
Is This Really a 12,000-Year-Old Sphinx in Pakistan?
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There’s an unusual formation in present-day Pakistan, known as the Balochistan Sphinx, or the Lion of Balochistan. Located in Lesbela,…
These Three Pyramids Are The World’s Largest, And You Probably Never Heard About Them
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The most famous and most visited Pyramid on the planet is, without a doubt, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Believed…
What Happened to The Pyramidion of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
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Thousands of years ago, and after a series of “lesser” pyramids, a fourth-dynasty Pharaoh is thought to have commissioned an…