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New, non-invasive survey methods have allowed a research team to understand the Menkaure Pyramid like never before
We're much closer to understanding this pyramid's long-held secrets.
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Satellites reveal new shafts and voids in pyramids' underground maze
High above the Giza Plateau, satellites and radar instruments are redrawing the map of one of humanity’s most studied ...
A preliminary study, which utilizes erosion patterns, suggests that the age of the Great Pyramid is far older than previously ...
A branch of the Nile that no longer exists helped the ancient Egyptians construct 31 of their famous pyramids, including the pyramids at Giza, a new study finds. Researchers found that this branch, ...
A new, non-peer-reviewed report argues that Egypt’s Great Pyramid may be far older than the familiar Old Kingdom timeline, proposing an age in the order of tens of thousands of years. The claim hinges ...
Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...
The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels? Why were these ...
There are many theories on how the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built, including ramps, cranes and aliens. Now, archeologists are suggesting that the Egyptians harnessed the power of water to float ...
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