Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

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 ...

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Researchers from Cairo and Munich uncovered “air-filled voids” beneath Menkaure pyramid’s eastern face, suggesting a long-suspected hidden entrance. Using electrical resistivity tomography, radar, and ...

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The Neolithic Age may be something of a misnomer, falsely offering stone rather than perishable wood as the period’s primary building material, but its monumental architectures sure make a compelling ...

Ground-penetrating radar has helped archeologists identify buried wonders below the surface. Now, a study from Japanese and Egyptian researchers reveals the discovery of an L-shaped structure along ...

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Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical. A pair of researchers has claimed to find ...