Online claims of "large underground structures" discovered under Egypt's famed pyramids of Giza are unfounded, experts in the ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in Egypt, unearthing a 4,000-year-old tomb belonging to an ancient prince.

The oldest building in the world is Gobekli Tepe. It is an archaeological site of a temple which is located in the south-eastern part of Turkey. Gobekli Tepe was built around 9000 BC and it is an ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

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Researchers found evidence that hydraulic systems might have been used to build Egypt's Step Pyramid of Djoser 4,500 years ...

What if the secret to stronger teams isn’t in strategy, but in celebration? This ancient ritual holds the clue.

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 ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Göbekli Tepe, a 7,000-year-older site than the Egyptian pyramids, is the world’s oldest monumental structure, offering a new ...