As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well ...
A longtime Ocala landmark will soon be history. The 62-foot-tall pyramid building, part of the Jenkins Hyundai new car sales building at Southwest College Road (State Road 200) and Martin Luther King ...
The pyramids may have been built using a sophisticated hydraulic system, according to a new study in Egypt. Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at ...
For centuries, the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza has been one of history’s greatest mysteries. How did the ancient Egyptians manage to move and carve massive limestone blocks, each ...
For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...
"Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid." "Landreau et al ...
It’s one thing to explore one of the Wonders of the World—both new and classic—without leaving your house. It’s another to build one. LEGO’s newest build is doing just that. This summer, the company ...
The Egyptians might have been even cleverer engineers than archeologists thought when they built the pyramids at Giza. Archeologists have long struggled to explain how the Egyptians got blocks ...
Even with cranes, helicopters, tractors and trucks at our disposal, it would be tough to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza today. Its construction 4,500 years ago is so astounding in some people's ...
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...