The Great Pyramid of Cheops has eight sides

Evidence which shows that ancient Egyptians had already crossed the Atlantic 3,000 years ago, long before Columbus in 1492, comes not only from the mimicking of cultural traditions as seen in Peru and the Canary Islands where evidence of trepanning and mummification has been found, but from the actual Egyptian mummies themselves.

In 1996, Belgian diver René Wauters made the archaeological discovery of a lifetime. Exploring the 45-metre-deep waters of Vele Orjule, a Croatian islet in the Adriatic Sea, he discovered a mysterious ancient bronze statue. Researchers would carefully study the statue for more than a decade to determine its age, origin and even the methods of its construction, thanks to nuclear techniques.

In the Age of Discovery, Portuguese soldiers embarked on daring expeditions to explore unknown territories and establish trade routes. To ensure their safety on ships and caravels, they wielded a unique weapon called the Carracks Black Sword, also known as the Crab Sword.

The Cugnot ‘fardier à vapeur’ was designed in 1769 by a French military engineer looking for a new way to haul heavy equipment to the battlefield. It ultimately failed, but its legacy lives on

A 1,200-year-old telephone, a marvel of ancient invention, surprises almost all who hear about it. Reportedly found in in the ruins of Chan Chan, Peru, the delicate communication artifact is known as the earliest example of telephone technology in the Western Hemisphere.

Aphrodisias – an ancient city in the area of present-day Turkey, was already known in the Hellenistic era due to the numerous marble deposits and dynamically operating sculptural workshops. In addition, crowds of the faithful drew this city because of the temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite.

People shared ‘old photos in real life’ that shows how time changes everything in a subreddit and here are 35 of the most interesting photos.

A massive disk of intricately carved stone looms over a gallery in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology. The stone has long been an emblem of Mexican identity. Commissioned by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II (r. 1502–1520), the nearly 12-foot-wide stone was completed during his reign, in about 1511. Eight years later, when Spanish conquistadores saw it atop a platform in the Aztecs’ central temple, the Templo Mayor, in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, one described it as “round, like a figure of the sun.” When the Spaniards leveled the capital, the stone disappeared, only to be rediscovered in 1790 beneath the city’s main plaza, the Zócalo, a block from where the conquistadores had seen it.

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The day had been spent in ritual battles, and a group of individuals who were vanquished, naked, and tied-together were marched up the long stairs to the top platform of the great pyramid where there

No structure in the world is more mysterious than the Great Pyramid. But who first broke into its well-guarded interior? When? And what did they find? The Great Pyramid: Built …

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In the realm of extraterrestrial mysteries, the discovery of the Anunnaki, an ancient alien race believed to have visited Earth, has sparked profound intrigue. Unraveling the threads of this cosmic…

Throughout history, there have been countless mysteries and enigmas that have left people baffled and intrigued. One such enigma is the existence of ancient

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French scholar Jean-François Champollion announced his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs on September 27, 1822 The key to this centuries-old dilemma was an unassuming slab of granodiorite unearthed in Egypt in …