A popular bit of "too crazy to be a coincidence" trivia suggests that the location of the Great Pyramid of Giza is in some way cosmically aligned with the universe (or, perhaps, that the Egyptians ...

When Yukinori Kawae explores the Great Pyramids at Giza, he isn’t after treasure or lost chambers—he’s looking for dimensions. For all that the pyramids have been dug, scanned, and photographed, the ...

A comprehensive 17-year archaeological study has shattered the long-standing myth that the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built by slave labor. Instead, the research, conducted from 1993 to 2010 at ...

The amphitheater served as the ceremonial heart of a thriving city 4,600 years ago. George Steinmetz Why Did They Leave the Coast? Fishermen today ply Peru's coast in bull-rush boats as they have for ...