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Across continents, builders used sunrise and sunset as architecture’s simplest ruler. The solstices mark the year’s turning points: the longest and shortest days, when the Sun rises and sets at…
For some reason, Sirius and Orion occupy a special place in the culture of ancient civilizations in Egypt and around the world. From Egypt to Mexico in both directions, scientists…
Although historians have been in constant occupation with determining the age of the Great Sphinx of Egypt, the plausible theories revolve from around 2500 B.C. through 4500 B.C. to ages…
There are thousands of pyramids scattered across the globe. Pyramids were erected on nearly all continents on Earth by different cultures throughout history. But many secrets about the pyramids remain…
Below the Giza plateau, the monument most often associated with Osiris is not a pyramid. It is a deep, rock-cut complex known as the Osiris Shaft, a set of passages…