For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great ...
Cosmic rays, born from distant exploding stars, produce muons that shower Earth and penetrate stone like ghosts. These ...
The 6 million-ton Great Pyramid of Giza is the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. How did the Egyptians engineer the mighty pharaoh Khufu’s tomb so precisely, with none of today’s surveying ...
The last surviving wonder of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza has mystified archeologists for decades. But archeological evidence gives clues as to how ancient Egyptians were able to ...
Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...