Key features of the famous monument defend it from earthquakes – but we can’t know if that’s what the builders had in mind.
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Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city.
The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his tomb.
Anyone who tried to rob a tomb was taking a big risk because both the ancient police and the law were ready to punish them.
Why build pyramids in the desert? A centuries-old puzzle may be answered by the slow wandering of the Nile.
A new study shines light on the link between the Milky Way and the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut
The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s cycles of rebirth.
Fossils aren’t just pieces of the past that allow scientists to look backwards. They can play a role in modern policy decision-making, too.
Desertification and climate change are threatening ancient sites in the Sahara.
It’s no surprise the unexplained structures have the internet buzzing. But they haven’t entered the ranks of other great conspiracy material — and history helps explain why they probably won’t.
Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.
In the shadow of the pyramids of Giza, lie the tombs of the courtiers and officials who built these vast structures.
Ancient quarry workers left messages carved on walls like a 4,500-year-old form of social media.
Cosmic particles called muons may revolutionise many areas of science.
The belief that ancient Egyptians needed help from supernatural beings to built the Giza pyramids relies, unavoidably, on racism and colonial attitudes.
Robots can explore where humans fear to tread.
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