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Chamber discovered deep within Great Pyramid of Giza could be 'missing piece of the puzzle'

The ancient Egyptians are known for their extraordinary works of art and architecture, yet, experts are also interested in ...
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Did ancient Egyptians really booby-trap the pyramids?

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?
Popular Mechanics

Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery

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 ...
Popular Mechanics

An Ancient Pyramid Is Getting a Modern Makeover. Critics Are Outraged.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has partnered with Egyptian and Japanese archaeologists to restore the missing outer layer of one of the pyramids of Giza. The project aims to cover ...
Ars Technica

Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures

Over a century after a British archaeologist noted a blocked passageway in the ruins of Sahura's Pyramid in Egypt and suggested it might lead to additional rooms, a team of Egyptian and German ...
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'World’s oldest pyramid' built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...
New York Post

Where was the Garden of Eden located? Scientist makes shocking new claim

A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq, as has been long-assumed — but rather in Egypt, under the towering shadow ...
RealClearScience

Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, ...
Live Science

Ancient Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build their 1st pyramid, controversial study claims

A massive water-treatment facility located near the Nile River may have been used to build the pyramid of Djoser. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...
The New York Times

Study About Purported Ancient ‘Pyramid’ in Indonesia Is Retracted

The study, based on research featured in a Netflix documentary, fueled debate over a site that is used for Islamic and Hindu rituals. By Mike Ives Reporting from Seoul The American publisher of a ...
New York Post

90-foot underwater ‘pyramid’ could predate Egyptian landmarks and Stonehenge by thousands of years — and rewrite history, scientists say

Is this the real-life Atlantis? A 90-foot “pyramid” submerged just off the coast of Japan is turning heads — and could shake up everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. Sitting 82 ...