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Egyptologist Zahi Hawass said advanced scanning and robotic tools opened hidden spaces and predicted "a great archaeological discovery that will write a new chapter in the history of the pharaohs".

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has given the Pyramid of Tirana a colorful makeover and a future-facing new purpose. The structure was first built in 1988 as a museum honoring Enver Hoxha, the former ...

A new study reinterprets the chambers and passageways of the Pyramid of Khufu not as tombs, but as parts of a gigantic construction machine, solving mysteries that have persisted for millennia. For ...

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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 ...

Ancient civilisations—Egyptian, Mayan, Mesopotamian, Celtic (take your pick!)—recognised and celebrated their connectedness with nature. After all, they depended on their natural environments for ...

John Sex, Tabboo!, and friends in the Pyramid basement (undated) (photo by Jim Syme, all photos and images courtesy Damiani Books unless otherwise noted) In the early '80s, the East Village was ...

Cerro El Cono, a unique mountain, stands tall in Peru's Amazon. Its shape resembles a pyramid. Locals believe it is a sacred guardian. Some speculate it is a lost pyramid built by an ancient ...

How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...