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…
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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,…
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…
The Intricate Ancient Defense Mechanism Built Into the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Of all the incredible things about the pyramid, perhaps not many people know that its builders included an intricate, ancient…
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…
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…
7 Things You Should Know About Camazotz, the Ancient Maya Bat Man God
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Like many other ancient cultures around the globe, the ancient Maya had a very developed religion where they worshipped numerous…
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…
15 Stunning Aerial Images of the Ancient Pyramid City of Teotihuacan
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Located in a sub-valley of the valley of Mexico lie the megalithic ruins of an ancient city shrouded in mystery….
5 Remarkable Reasons Why Saqqara is Ancient Egypt’s Most Important Site
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Egypt is a land with an incredible history. The land of Pharaohs, pyramids, and golden sands is perhaps every archeologist’s…
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…
25 Images That Show the Massive Size of the Great Pyramid of Giza
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The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu) is the oldest of the seven wonders of…
Here Are 10 Close-Up Images of the Great Sphinx
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The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most unique ancient statue in the world. Not only is it unique because…
7 Facts About Ancient Egypt’s Red Pyramid
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Before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built, the ancient Egyptians went through a process of learning how to build…
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 Remarkable Discoveries Made Beneath the Great Sphinx of Egypt
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After surveying and excavating the Sphinx from 1925 to 1936, Emile Baraize discovered a tunnel starting at the rump of…