Ancient Origins

Rediscovery of Three Shafts May Lead to Underworld Beneath Giza Pyramids

Hidden beneath the sands of Egypt's Giza Plateau, three precisely engineered shafts have been rediscovered that may unlock access to a vast underground network whispered about by ancient Greek ...
Greek Reporter

Great Pyramid Was a Gigantic Machine Building Itself from the Inside Out, New Study Says

A new theory shows the Great Pyramid was built from the inside out, using counterweights and pulleys instead of massive ...
Ancient Architects on MSN

The Mysterious Greek Pyramid That May Be Older Than Giza

Hidden in the Greek countryside, a stone pyramid challenges everything we thought we knew about ancient architecture. Its age may shock you.
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Pyramids of the World, True or False

The claim of Semir Osmanagic that the hills surrounding Visoko, Bosnia, represent human-built pyramids is a classic example of arguing from personal incredulity, a fallacious form of argumentation ...
Newsweek

Ancient Greece: 2,500-year-old Shipwreck With Stone Pyramid Anchors Discovered Off Greek Island Near Possible Long Lost Port

Marine archaeologists have uncovered five shipwrecks in the waters off the Greek island of Kasos—the southernmost in the Aegean Sea (part of the eastern Mediterranean)—dating from several different ...
Astronomy

Are the Egyptian pyramids aligned with the stars?

The Giza pyramids' alignment with stars is debated; no definitive proof exists. Internal shafts in the Great Pyramid have an unclear purpose, possibly not for stargazing. The pyramids show ...