The Great Pyramid at Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new scans of the 4,500-year-old monument suggest it may still ...

Six centuries after it slipped from view, a pre-Columbian city has reappeared from the bottom of a lake, its streets, plazas, ...

The Eye of Horus stands as a profound symbol rooted in ancient Egyptian cosmology, where Horus embodied light, protection, and the restoration of cosmic order. As a divine falcon god, Horus ...

Archaeological excavations outside the ancient city of Megiddo shed light on the area's Bronze Age alcohol production and a potential folk cult. Reading time 3 minutes Archaeologists in Israel have ...

Have you stood in front of an ancient monument and experienced a sense of wonder, as though the building itself was whispering secrets of the cosmos? From Egypt's towering pyramids to Europe's ...

It is commonly believed that geometry began as a practical subject, and came into being as a result of everyday concerns. The earliest practitioners of geometry developed a set of rules to calculate ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

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A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer: water. Though deserts ...

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How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the ...