An icon as inescapable as Nike's swoosh, the food pyramid is turning 10 years old this summer. And it's about to undergo its first major performance review. Launched in August 1992 as a simple tool to ...

The Pyramid of Unas may be small in size, but it holds a massive place in Egyptian history. As the first pyramid to include sacred inscriptions—known as the Pyramid Texts—it marked a turning point in ...

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table — a ...

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great ...

The Pyramids of Giza, seen here with the Milky Way in the background, are not Egypt's oldest pyramids. Pyramids are iconic symbols of the ancient pharaohs' power and technological prowess that still ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, April 28 (UPI) -- Experts may be skeptical but an archaeologist's claims he has found Europe's first pyramid began attracting tourists to a town near Sarajevo. The town ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The discovery of a 3,000-year-old pyramid-shaped mausoleum in Kazakhstan has gone viral over the ...

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