Scientists have had to piece together clues as to how pyramids were constructed.
The pyramids were built with stone blocks so massive that even modern machinery would struggle to move them. The official explanation says ropes, ramps, and manpower — but the math doesn’t quite work.
Looking at erosion on the pyramid, the study suggests that it may have been built around 22,916 BCE. But you shouldn't ...
Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.
Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...
Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...
The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order.
A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid. Ziggurats were common in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq) from around 4,000 ...
(WYTV)- We are clever people, and we’ve been smart for a very long time. Take shoelaces. The idea of tying your shoes with some kind of cord is very old, older than most civilizations. Archaeologists ...
This Depression-era restaurant opened in 1934, offering a taste of home for residents of Boston's Little Syria. Here's what was on the menu.
It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, ...
Explore the off-field interests of Seahawks players that shape Seattle's favorites, beyond the stats and highlights.