From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery of ancient skeletons has thrown that idea into question. In a new study, researchers ...

A cluster of prehistoric dugout canoes resting beneath Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, has been dated to as early as around 3000 BC, meaning at least one is older than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of ...

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